digging

Plural: diggings

Noun

• the act of digging
• 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.
• Accommodation; lodgings; digs.
• Region; locality.

Verb

Verb Forms: dig, dug, digged, digging, digs

• Breaking up or moving earth, or discovering.
• The present participle of the verb 'to dig'.
• turn up, loosen, or remove earth
• create by digging
• work hard
  • "She was digging away at her math homework"
• remove, harvest, or recover by digging
• thrust down or into
• remove the inner part or the core of
• poke or thrust abruptly
• get the meaning of something
• present participle and gerund of dig

Examples

• He was DIGGING for a bingo, sifting through his tiles for the perfect combination.
• She was DIGGING for a bingo, sifting through her tiles for that elusive seventh letter.

Synonyms

apprehend, compass, comprehend, cut into, delve, dig, dig out, dig up, drudge, excavate, excavation, fag, get the picture, grasp, grind, grok, hollow, jab, labor, labour, moil, poke, prod, savvy, stab, toil, travail, turn over

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