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Noun dug out has 3 senses

dugout - either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
--₁ is a kind of shelter
--₁ is a part of ballpark, park
dugout canoe, dugout, pirogue - a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
--₂ is a kind of canoe
bunker, dugout - a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
--₃ is a kind of fortification, munition
--₃ has particulars: foxhole, fox hole; funk hole

Verb dig out has 2 senses

dig out - dig out from underneath earth or snow
--₁ is one way to free, disengage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
dig, dig out - create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"
--₂ is one way to hollow, hollow out, core out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something