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Definitioner

1. to dry-cure with a mix of salt, sugar, and spices (commonly salmon, herring, or common whitefish, but also used for red meat)
2. to dig (make a hole in the ground, along with similar sense extensions to English)
3. to dig into, to dig (do research)
4. to investigate

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“Nisse grävde ett hål i marken med en spade”

Nisse dug a hole in the ground with a shovel

“gräva ner en skattkista”

bury ("dig down") a treasure chest

“gräva upp en skattkista”

dig up a treasure chest

“gräva ut ruiner”

excavate ("dig out") ruins – usually implies archaeology

“en utgrävning”

an excavation ("out-digging") – usually implies archaeology

“gräva fram en överlevande ur en raserad byggnad”

dig a survivor out of a collapsed building ("dig forth a survivor")

“Hennes naglar grävde sig in i hans arm”

Her nails dug into his arm

“Groffuo ock Jsaacs tienare j dalenom, och funno ther en brunn medh leffuandes watn. (pre-1906 spelling) Grofvo ock Isaacs tjenare i dalenom, och funno der en brunn med lefvandes vatten.”

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

“gräva i någons förflutna”

dig into ("dig in") someone's past

“gräva fram information”

dig up information

“grävande journalistik”

investigative ("digging") journalism

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