Definitions for digging
Overview of noun digging
The noun digging has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. excavation, digging, dig
(the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton")
Overview of verb dig
The verb dig has 8 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) dig, delve, cut into, turn over
(turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration")
2. (5) dig, dig out
(create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel")
3. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
(work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long")
4. dig, dig up, dig out
(remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal")
5. dig
(thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor")
6. excavate, dig, hollow
(remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside")
7. jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
(poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs")
8. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
(get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?")






