delve [delved, delving, delves](to dig in the ground) verb [UK: delv] [US: ˈdelv]
dig [dug, digging, digs](to move hard-packed earth out of the way) verb [UK: dɪɡ] [US: ˈdɪɡ]It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth. = Me llevó unas dos horas y media excavar un hoyo de un metro de diámetro y dos de profundidad.
excavate [excavated, excavating, excavates](to make a hole in (something); to hollow) verb [UK: ˈek.skə.veɪt] [US: ˈek.skə.ˌvet]