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How to pronounce dig in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cut into, delve, turn over
Type of take, remove, take away, withdraw
Has types groove, root, rootle, rout, rut, shovel, spade, burrow, trowel, tunnel, furrow
Derivation digging, digger
Type Words
Synonyms dig out, dig up
Type of excavate, unearth


dig salt.
dig coal.
Type Words
Synonyms archeological site, excavation
Type of land site, site


they set up camp next to the dig.
Type Words
Synonyms barb, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam
Type of comment, remark, input
Has types cheap shot


she takes a dig at me every chance she gets.
Type Words
Synonyms jab
Type of touch, touching


she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs.
Type Words
Synonyms excavate, hollow
Type of withdraw, take away, take, remove
Has types trench, ditch, drive
Type Words
Synonyms digging, excavation
Type of creating by removal
Type Words
Synonyms dig out
Type of hollow, core out, hollow out
Has types lift, dibble, trench
Derivation digger


dig a hole.
dig out a channel.
Type Words
Synonyms apprehend, compass, comprehend, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy
Type of understand
Has types cotton on, digest, latch on, intuit, figure, get wise, get it, tumble, twig, catch on, get onto
Type Words
Synonyms jab, poke, prod, stab
Type of thrust
Type Words
Synonyms drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail
Type of do work, work


She was digging away at her math homework.
Type Words
Type of nick, dent, ding, gouge


the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover.
Type Words
Type of thrust


dig the oars into the water.
dig your foot into the floor.

Examples of dig

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At the end of both games, we just had to dig down and focus on playing our game.
From the stltoday.com
Anywhere and everywhere the other team can hit it, she can come up with the dig.
From the stltoday.com
Over time, you'll have budding plants on your hands, without ever having to dig.
From the sfgate.com
Archaeologists at the dig say it's not clear how the weapon found its way there.
From the dailyherald.com
When it come to the safety of my children, I have to dig my heels in and say no.
From the infowars.com
If they have to dig in for a while, then they have to play hard and concentrate.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It took almost a week to dig out and more than a month to survey all the damage.
From the kansas.com
You have to know where to go and dig a little to get at the good stuff, he said.
From the washingtonpost.com
You have to know where to go and dig a little to get at the good stuff, he says.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • The site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
  • Turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
  • Create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"
  • Shot: 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"
  • A small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
  • Labor: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
  • ABC DiG is a digital radio service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which began in November 2002 , emerging from formats developed by Bill Gates and Phil Cullen at ABC Coast FM, which broadcast an Adult Alternative music format and was for many years ABC Radio's only ...
  • DiG! is a 2004 documentary film directed by Ondi Timoner, and produced by Ondi Timoner, Vasco Nunes and David Timoner. ...
  • Dig? is the second album by Bill Bruford's Earthworks, featuring Django Bates, Iain Ballamy and Tim Harries. It was released on EG Records in 1989.