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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "dig"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove earth or another substance using a tool, machine, or hands
Intransitive: to dig in sth | to dig
to dig definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Children love to dig in the sand at the beach.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to extract something from the ground using a tool
Transitive: to dig sth
to dig definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The farmer dug potatoes from the ground.
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϞ⧁ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a hole or cavity by removing earth or soil
Transitive: to dig a hole or cavity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers dug a trench to lay down the pipes for the new building.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to understand or comprehend the meaning or significance of something
Transitive: to dig meaning of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie had a lot of hidden messages, but I dug the underlying theme of redemption.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āφāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to poke or push something lightly with a pointed object or finger
Transitive: to dig sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gently dug me in the arm to remind me of our secret agreement.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϤ⧇ āφāϞāϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to work diligently and methodically
Transitive: to dig into an activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sarah dug into her research materials for months to write her doctoral thesis on marine biology.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻ•ā§āϟāϰāĻžāϞ āĻĨāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϏ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāϪ⧇ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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the act of breaking or moving earth or another material with a tool or by hand

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a small indentation, hollow, or gouge in a surface

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a pointed or cutting remark aimed to criticize or provoke someone

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a site where archaeological excavations are conducted

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students visited the dig to learn about past civilizations.
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āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž

(volleyball) the defensive skill of passing or retrieving a spiked or rapidly hit ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They celebrated after a crucial dig kept the rally alive.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ— āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤

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