cut into

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

cut into - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" delve, dig, turn over remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" furrow, groove, rut - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" rootle, rout, root - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" spade - dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds" shovel - dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" trowel - use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work burrow, tunnel - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"