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. — deniko

    ruСобака рыла ямку. — paul_lingvo

    deDer Hund grub ein Loch. — samueldora

  2. Tom is digging his own grave.

    Том сам собі риє могилу. — deniko

    ruТом сам себе роет могилу. — marafon

    deTom schaufelt sich sein eigenes Grab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom dug a grave for his dog.

    Том вирив могилу для свого собаки. — deniko

    ruТом выкопал могилу для своего пса. — odexed

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

    Вони пробилися крізь гору і побудували тунель. — MaxUA

    ruОни пробились сквозь гору и построили туннель. — Balamax

  5. They dug a grave.

    Вони вирили могилу. — aandrusiak

    ruОни выкопали могилу. — marafon

    deEs wurde ein Grab ausgehoben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

3 patterns
  • digging a well
  • is digging a
  • started digging

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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