Meaning of 掘る in Japanese

Definition of 掘る

ほる(horu) 【掘る】

(v5r, vt) to dig; to excavate; to hollow
彼らは穴をあけて石油を掘り当てようとした。
They intended to drill for oil.
to dig up (e.g. vegetables)

かまをほる(kamawohoru) 【釜を掘る】

(exp, v5r) to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise →Related words: お釜を掘る
to crash one's car into the back of another

ぼけつをほる(boketsuwohoru) 【墓穴を掘る】

おかまをほる(okamawohoru) 【お釜を掘る ·御釜を掘る】

(exp, v5r) to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise →Related words: 釜を掘る
to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
きのう交差点でお釜を掘られちゃったよ。
Someone ploughed into me from behind at an intersection yesterday.

はすねほる(hasunehoru) 【蓮根掘る】

Building a tunnel from Japan to China is out of the question.

直径ちょっけい１メートル、深さ２メートルの穴あなを掘るほるのに、約やく２時間じかん半はんかかりました。

It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth.

How easy would it be to bore a tunnel through it?

アナグマは深いふかい穴あなを掘るほる。

Badgers dig deep holes.