Đồng nghĩa của dug

digs, dug, digging

Đồng nghĩa: excavate, gouge, scoop, tunnel,

Trái nghĩa: bury,

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rooted enrooted embedded engrained entrenched established grounded ground imbedded implanted ingrained intrenched lodged set anchored bedded delved fixed moored took taken fastened sticked stuck struck stricken burrowed grubbed placed took root taken root grew roots grown roots became established become established became settled become settled

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