dug¹ /dug/ pat and pap of dig

dugˈout noun

1. A boat made by hollowing out the trunk of a tree
2. A rough dwelling or shelter dug out of a slope or bank or in a trench
3. A (usu sunken) shelter or covered bench area beside a sports pitch in which players, etc wait when not in the game
4. A superannuated person brought back to employment (slang)

dug² /dug/

1. A nipple or udder of a cow or similar animal
2. A woman's breast

dug³ /dug/

A Scots form of dog¹

dig /dig/

1. To excavate
2. To turn up with a spade or otherwise
3. To get or put by digging
4. To poke or thrust
5. To taunt (informal)
6. To understand or approve (old slang)
7. To take note of (old slang)

1. To use a spade
2. To seek (for) by digging (lit and figurative)
3. To burrow
4. To mine
5. To lodge (informal)
6. To study hard (N Am sl)

1. An act or course of digging
2. An archaeological excavating expedition
3. An excavation made by archaeologists
4. A poke
5. A taunt (informal)
6. A hard-working student (N Am sl)

diggˈable adjective

diggˈer noun

1. A person or animal that digs
2. A miner, esp a gold-miner
3. An Australian or New Zealand soldier (Aust and NZ inf)
4. An informal Australian term of address
5. A machine for digging

diggˈings plural noun

1. Places where mining is carried on, esp for gold
2. Digs (dated inf)

digs plural noun (informal)

1. Accommodation
2. Lodgings

digger wasp noun

Any of various kinds of burrowing wasp

digging stick noun

A primitive tool, a pointed stick, sometimes weighted, for digging the ground

dig a pit for (figurative)

To set a trap for

dig in

1. To cover over by digging
2. To work hard
3. To take up a defensive position (lit or figurative)
4. To begin eating (informal)

dig oneself in

1. To entrench oneself
2. To establish oneself in a position

dig one's heels in

To refuse to be moved or persuaded

dig out

1. To decamp (US sl)
2. To unearth (lit or figurative)

dig up

1. To remove from the ground by digging
2. To excavate
3. To obtain by seeking (informal)
4. To produce, esp reluctantly (informal)

• painture
• paintures
• paintwork
• paintworks
• painty
• paiock
• paiocke
• paiockes
• paiocks
• pair
• pair-bond
• pair-bonding
• pair-bonds
• pair case
• pair cases
• paire
• paired
• paired reading
• pair-horse
• pairial
• pairing
• pairings
• pairing-time
• pairing-times
• pair-oar