creuser
French → English
verb//kʁø.ze//
(physical) To dig: to make a hole, tunnel, or canal in the ground; to hollow out
Le mineur doit creuser plus bas que ses pieds.
(English) The miner must dig lower than his feet.
Les Romains ont creusé ces caves pour bâtir la ville.
(English) The Romans dug these cellars to build the city.
verb//kʁø.ze//
(mental) To delve: to investigate a subject deeply or think intensely; to study
Il va falloir creuser ça pour trouver la solution.
(English) We will have to delve into that to find the solution.
J’ai beau me creuser la tête, je ne trouve rien.
(English) No matter how much I rack my brains, I find nothing.
Entry ID: fr:en:creuser · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary