digging
/ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/verb
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To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
Example: If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
Example: to dig potatoes
To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
verb
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To understand or show interest in.
Example: You dig?
To appreciate, or like.
Example: Baby, I dig you.
noun
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The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
Region; locality