| Main Entry: | quarry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal |
Synonyms: |
aim, chase, game, objective, prey, prize, quest, ravin, victim |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
Synonyms: |
bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fill |
| Main Entry: | excavate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
Synonyms: |
burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fill |
| Main Entry: | excavation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | site of digging; digging |
Synonyms: |
blasting, burrow, cavity, cut, cutting, dig, disinterring, ditch, dugout, exhuming, hole, hollow, mine, mining, pit, quarry, removal, scooping, shaft, shoveling, trench, trough, unearthing |
Antonyms: |
filling |
| Main Entry: | game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undomesticated animals chased for food |
Synonyms: |
chase, fish, fowl, kill, meat, prey, quarry, ravin, victim, wild animals |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
Synonyms: |
acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract |
Antonyms: |
sea, sky |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deposit, supply |
Synonyms: |
abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, field, fount, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasure trove, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
Synonyms: |
burrow, delve, dig for, drill, excavate, extract, hew, pan, quarry, sap, scoop, shovel, unearth, work |
Antonyms: |
bury |
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something stolen |
Synonyms: |
booty, goods*, graft, hot goods, loot, make*, pickings, pillage, plunderage, prey, prize, quarry, rapine, raven, spoil, stuff*, take*, trappings, winnings |
Antonyms: |
gift |
| Main Entry: | prey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | target of attack |
Synonyms: |
casualty, chased, dupe*, game, kill, loot, mark, martyr, mug, pillage, quarry, quest, raven, spoil, sufferer, underdog, victim |
Antonyms: |
attacker |