Meaning

13 senses
  1. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.

    Grabung, Ausgrabung

    раско́пкиraskópki

    the site of an archeological exploration

  2. Any act of digging to find or retrieve something.

    the act of digging

  3. A thrust; a poke.

    He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.

  4. A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.

  5. An innings.

  6. A cutting, sarcastic remark.

  7. The occupation of digging for gold.

  8. (US, colloquial, dated)A plodding and laborious student.

  9. (UK, dated, dialectal)A tool for digging.

  10. (slang)A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.

    a £1 charity shop dig

  11. (colloquial, uncountable)Digoxin.

    dig toxicity

  12. (archaic, slang)A hard blow, especially (boxing) a straight left-hander delivered under the opponent's guard.

Examples

484 sentences
  1. The dog was digging a hole.

    Собака рив яму.

    ruСобака рыла ямку.

    deDer Hund grub ein Loch.

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  2. Tom is digging his own grave.

    Том сам собі риє могилу.

    ruТом сам себе роет могилу.

    deTom schaufelt sich sein eigenes Grab.

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  3. Tom dug a grave for his dog.

    Том вирив могилу для свого собаки.

    ruТом выкопал могилу для своего пса.

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  4. They dug through the mountain and built a tunnel.

    Вони пробилися крізь гору і побудували тунель.

    ruОни пробились сквозь гору и построили туннель.

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  5. They dug a grave.

    Вони вирили могилу.

    ruОни выкопали могилу.

    deEs wurde ein Grab ausgehoben.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
archeological investigation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
archeological investigation:

Origin

From Middle English diggen (“to dig”, 13th c.), an alteration of dīken, from Old English d

From Middle English diggen (“to dig”, 13th c.), an alteration of dīken, from Old English dīcian (“to dig a ditch, mound up earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn, which see for cognates. This verb is denominal from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool, puddle; dyke, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stab, dig”).

Unknown. Compare Middle English digge.

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Forms

plural: digs
Singulardig
Pluraldigs

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • dug a hole
  • dug this hole
  • digging a well
  • is digging a
  • started digging

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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