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to break up and move soil using a tool, a machine, or your hands:

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to form a hole by moving soil:

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to push the side of someone's body quickly with your elbow (= the middle part of the arm where it bends) often as a way of sharing a private joke with that person or to get their attention:

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in volleyball (= a game in which two teams on either side of a high net use their hands to hit a large ball over the net), to receive the ball with both hands together and flat arms and the knees bent, preventing the ball from touching the ground after it has been hit hard downwards or served (= hit across the net to start the game), and then passing it to another player on your team:

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to like or understand something:

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a remark that is intended to criticize, embarrass, or make a joke about someone:

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the process of carefully removing soil and objects from an area of historical interest:

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in volleyball (= a game in which two teams on either side of a high net use their hands to hit a large ball over the net), the act of receiving the ball with both hands together and flat arms and the knees bent, preventing the ball from touching the ground after it has been hit hard downwards or served (= hit across the net to start the game), and then passing it to another player on your team:

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to move and break up earth using a tool, a machine, or your hands, or to make a hole, channel, etc. by moving and breaking up earth:

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to press or push strongly:

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a criticism, esp. a remark about someone that does not seem intentional but actually is:

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the activity of removing earth to find objects of interest to history or science