1 to excavate

2 to dig

3 to unearth

1 excavator

1 to dig

1 to excavate

2 to explore

3 (fig.) to unearth

4 to tap into

1 to exhume

2 to unearth

3 to dig out

1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

1 to scrape around for money

2 hard pressed for cash

3 cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)

1 lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash

2 on the verge of bankruptcy

1 lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty

2 to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)