Definition of Digging
Noun: digging di-ging
- The act of digging
- excavation, dig
- Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
"Dig we must";
- delve, cut into, turn over
- Create by digging
"dig a hole"; "dig out a channel";
- dig out
- Work hard
"She was digging away at her maths homework";
- labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, moil [N. Amer]
- Remove, harvest, or recover by digging
"dig salt"; "dig coal"; "dig up salt";
- dig up, dig out
- Thrust down or into
"dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
- Remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to dig the hillside";
- excavate, hollow
- Push suddenly or strongly with a finger or something pointed
"he dug his finger into her ribs";
- jab, prod, stab, poke
- Get the meaning of something
"Do you dig the meaning of this letter?";
- grok [N. Amer], get the picture, comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend
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