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cavare meaning in English

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cavare verb

extract [extracted, extracting, extracts](to draw out)
verb
[UK: ɪk.ˈstrækt] [US: ɪk.ˈstrækt]

gouge [gouged, gouging, gouges](to push or try to push the eye out of its socket)
verb
[UK: ɡaʊdʒ] [US: ˈɡaʊdʒ]

strip [stripped, stripping, strips](to remove or take away)
verb
[UK: strɪp] [US: ˈstrɪp]

take out(to remove)
verb
[UK: teɪk ˈaʊt] [US: ˈteɪk ˈaʊt]

cavare sangue da una rapa verb

make a silk purse of a sow's ear(to produce something refined, from something which is unrefined)
verb

non si può cavare sangue da una rapa phrase

you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear(it is not possible to produce something refined from something which is unrefined)
phrase

scavare verb

bore [bored, boring, bores](to make a hole)
verb
[UK: bɔː(r)] [US: ˈbɔːr]

delve [delved, delving, delves](to dig in the ground)
verb
[UK: delv] [US: ˈdelv]

dig [dug, dug, digging, digs](to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
verb
[UK: dɪɡ] [US: ˈdɪɡ]
Dig here. = Scava qui.

drill [drilled, drilling, drills](to investigate closer)
verb
[UK: drɪl] [US: ˈdrɪl]

entrench [entrenched, entrenching, entrenches](dig)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈtrentʃ] [US: en.ˈtrentʃ]

mine [mined, mining, mines](to remove ore from the ground)
verb
[UK: maɪn] [US: ˈmaɪn]

scavare una tana verb

burrow [burrowed, burrowing, burrows](to dig a hole)
verb
[UK: ˈbʌ.rəʊ] [US: ˈbɝːo.ʊ]