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Synonyms for dig
dɪgdig
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Princeton's WordNet
dig, excavation, archeological sitenoun
the site of an archeological exploration
"they set up camp next to the dig"
Synonyms:
barb, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, miningshot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibenoun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
"his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
Synonyms:
calamus, beam, shaft, archeological site, stab, peter, shaft of light, diaphysis, guessing, excavation, ray of light, pecker, digging, snap, jab, guesswork, cock, rotating shaft, blastoff, stroke, ray, barb, prick, shooter, scape, slam, scene, spear, dick, crack, tool, lance, snapshot, shooting, light beam, quill, gibe, guess, beam of light, sweep, putz, jibe, irradiation, injection, pellet, dead reckoning, shotdignoun
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
"the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
Synonyms:
barb, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibeexcavation, digging, dignoun
the act of digging
"there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
Synonyms:
barb, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, miningdig, jabverb
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
"she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
Synonyms:
barb, thrust, excavation, jabbing, jab, slam, shot, thrusting, poking, poke, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibedig, delve, cut into, turn oververb
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
"Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
Synonyms:
compass, delve, bowl over, toil, grind, debate, flip, drudge, moil, dig up, consider, jab, reach, cut into, roll, poke, turn, grasp, moot, prod, pass on, give, deliberate, tip over, overturn, travail, labour, pass, hollow, stab, apprehend, upset, comprehend, flip over, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, tump over, grok, get the picture, knock over, hand, dig outdig, dig outverb
create by digging
"dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"
Synonyms:
stab, savvy, dig up, cut into, prod, grind, travail, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, compass, comprehend, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, toil, excavate, labor, dig out, grasp, moil, drudgelabor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Synonyms:
compass, comminute, tug, boil, roil, toil, grind, craunch, drudge, moil, dig up, tire, wear out, poke, cut into, crunch, churn, cranch, jab, grasp, weary, prod, jade, tire out, wear upon, fatigue, travail, delve, get the picture, drive, hollow, stab, apprehend, outwear, comprehend, turn over, excavate, labor, mash, wear down, savvy, push, grok, wear, bray, dig out, grate, fag out, labourdig, dig up, dig outverb
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
"dig salt"; "dig coal"
Synonyms:
stab, savvy, dig up, cut into, prod, grind, travail, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, compass, comprehend, poke, apprehend, get the picture, turn up, grok, toil, excavate, labor, dig out, grasp, moil, drudgedigverb
thrust down or into
"dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
Synonyms:
stab, savvy, dig up, cut into, prod, grind, travail, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, compass, comprehend, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, toil, excavate, labor, dig out, grasp, moil, drudgeexcavate, dig, hollowverb
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
Synonyms:
stab, cut into, prod, grind, travail, core out, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, savvy, excavate, comprehend, compass, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, unearth, turn up, labor, dig out, grasp, hollow out, drudge, moil, toil, dig upjab, prod, stab, poke, digverb
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
Synonyms:
compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, drudge, moil, dig up, jab, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig outgrok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
Synonyms:
quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, grasp, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
digverb
Synonyms:
excavate, delve, scoop, SCRATCH, hollow outdigverb
Synonyms:
break up (with a spade, hoe, &c.)digverb
Synonyms:
delve, work with a spade, hoe, &cdignoun
dignoun
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] innuendo, insinuation, oblique hint, sly remarkdignoun
Synonyms:
[at colleges, U. S.] plodding student
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#555 | give | |
#644 | hand | |
#737 | drive | |
#846 | cover | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1247 | tool | |
#1370 | peter | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1528 | consider | |
#1967 | shot | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2152 | cock | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2480 | ray | |
#2595 | roll | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2712 | scene | |
#2773 | guess | |
#3045 | dick | |
#3284 | debate | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3587 | push | |
#4161 | mining | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4589 | shooting | |
#4910 | pound | |
#5471 | beam | |
#5586 | stroke | |
#5631 | knife | |
#5791 | injection | |
#5959 | nose | |
#6587 | tire | |
#6667 | nail | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7597 | collar | |
#7788 | dig | |
#7824 | snapshot | |
#8524 | shaft | |
#8995 | drilling | |
#9382 | cop | |
#9423 | upset | |
#9459 | lance | |
#9566 | hollow | |
#9715 | jade | |
#10055 | fatigue | |
#10647 | compass | |
#10795 | embrace | |
#11841 | slam | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#12329 | shooter | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#12576 | prod | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#13974 | spear | |
#14969 | digging | |
#15304 | perceive | |
#15427 | grind | |
#15633 | boil | |
#15634 | deliberate | |
#16286 | barb | |
#16902 | guessing | |
#17366 | excavation | |
#17491 | widening | |
#17952 | dug | |
#18732 | crunch | |
#19711 | stab | |
#19799 | weary | |
#20204 | mash | |
#20230 | tug | |
#20259 | encompass | |
#20854 | poke | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#21203 | bray | |
#21292 | irradiation | |
#23908 | widen | |
#23966 | digs | |
#25036 | drudge | |
#26576 | moot | |
#26967 | pellet | |
#27183 | nudge | |
#28087 | prick | |
#28457 | nab | |
#29951 | travail | |
#30133 | quill | |
#31630 | jab | |
#31869 | poking | |
#32581 | churn | |
#33184 | grate | |
#34141 | delve | |
#34999 | overturn | |
#35150 | toil | |
#40114 | burrow | |
#41588 | thump | |
#42683 | incite | |
#42756 | pry | |
#43012 | unearth | |
#44692 | guesswork | |
#47316 | thrusting | |
#47916 | scape | |
#52871 | pecker | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#58820 | intrude | |
#59484 | burrowing | |
#64307 | grok | |
#76481 | excavate | |
#85364 | jibe | |
#91044 | putz | |
#93581 | calamus | |
#148156 | jabbing | |
#159353 | cranch | |
#162209 | outwear | |
#168027 | circumnavigate | |
#176771 | roil | |
#213898 | gibe | |
#239454 | moil | |
#265303 | blastoff | |
#322761 | diaphysis |
How to use dig in a sentence?
Theyre very clever animals, they will try and prise the diving gear off my head -- but they know the difference between what is gear and what is my face. They wouldnt dig their flippers into my face.
There was a breakdown over the last decade, these are hard lessons learned, but we're trying to dig out quickly.
So, while the headline number is a disappointment, you don't have to dig too far beneath the surface to see the overall results weren't uniformly bad.
We are gathered here in this small dry land which is caving in as well. Even the airport. Up to now, there's no relief... what we need from the government is to dig the river so that it can contain the water in one place.
( The) facts are that Trump in effect asks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to dig dirt up on Biden, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy seemingly agreed, after everything Biden did for the reform story in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stabs Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the back - along with the former U.S. ambassador, Angela Merkel, et al.
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