cut into

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cut into - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

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"

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"

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These they cut into lengths of about three feet, convey them to the water, and float them to their lodges, where they are stored away for winter.

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After being severed from the whale, the white-horse is first cut into portable oblongs ere going to the mincer.