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GRABEN Synonyms

There are 8 synonyms of the word graben. (exact relations)
There are 7 hypernyms of the word graben. (close relations)

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burrow
verbv
noun

• a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

verb

• move through by or as by digging

delve
verbv
verb

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

dig
verbv
noun

• the site of an archeological exploration

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

• the act of digging

• the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

verb

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• create by digging

• work hard

• remove, harvest, or recover by digging

• thrust down or into

• remove the inner part or the core of

• poke or thrust abruptly

• get the meaning of something

excavate
verbv
verb

• recover through digging

• find by digging in the ground

• form by hollowing

• remove the inner part or the core of

gouge
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

• the act of gouging

verb

• force with the thumb

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• make a groove in

hollow
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

noun

• a cavity or space in something

• a small valley between mountains

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

adjective satellite

• as if echoing in a hollow space

• devoid of significance or force

• lacking in substance or character

verb

• remove the inner part or the core of

• remove the interior of

scoop
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the quantity a scoop will hold

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

• street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

• the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

• a large ladle

verb

• take out or up with or as if with a scoop

• get the better of

trench
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

verb

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

Best Hypernyms For GRABEN

Here is a list of related hypernyms for graben, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (7)
cavity channel depression excavation hollow trench valley

Alternatives for BURROW

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