• chase, cove, drift, furrow, gorge, groove, gutter, nick, recess, score, slot
• collier, dig, digger, hewer
• to cave, to channel, to delve, to excavate, to gouge, to gouge out, to grave, to grave, graved, graven, to groove, to hole, to hollow out, to recess, to rout, to rout out, to scoop, to sink, sank, sunk, to slot