Digging synonyms
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(Chiefly Brit., Now Dial.) To dig with a spade
(Countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
The definition of a dig is a sarcastic remark or joke, or an archaeological search.
To uncover or expose by digging; unearth
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To push or jab at, as with a finger or an arm; prod.
To go into in a sharp, thrusting way
To jab or poke with or as with a pointed stick; goad
To poke or thrust, as with a sharp instrument
To grasp mentally; understand:
To grasp mentally; understand; comprehend
Grasp is defined as to have a firm hold on something.
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To grasp mentally; understand
(Videogaming) To collect and statistically analyze data, for the purpose of determining the underlying random number generator structure or numeric formula.
To use a shovel
(Music, often with ""up"") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
(Slang) To obtain by importunity:
To like or desire enthusiastically:
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
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To extricate is defined as to set free.
To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose.
To gather or assume from what is heard, known, etc.; infer
To push or shove against something
To remove or get rid of. Often used with out :
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To go away; depart.
Punch is defined as to make a hole or stamp in something, or hit very hard with the fist.
To penetrate or explore physically, especially with a probe, in order to find or discover something:
Plunge is defined as to dive, thrust or go into something, usually with force or speed.
To push or poke gently, esp. with the elbow, in order to get the attention of, hint slyly, etc.
Like is defined as to enjoy or agree with something.
The definition of investigate is to look into something or someone in order to try to discover the truth or to piece together a sequence of events.
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Insult is defined as to speak with rudeness or to say something to offend.
A gap, usually the valence band of an insulator or semiconductor, that would normally be filled with one electron. If an electron accelerated by a voltage moves into a gap, it leaves a gap behind it, and in this way the hole itself appears to move through the substance. Even though holes are in fact the absence of a negatively charged particle (an electron), they can be treated theoretically as positively charged particles, whose motion gives rise to electric current.
(Intransitive) To agree.
(Informal) To be subjected to.
Exhume is defined as to dig up a body from the ground, or to bring back something that was formerly hidden or unknown.
To bring (something hidden) to light
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To discover is defined as to learn something new, become aware of something or to find something, especially if you are the first to locate it.
Crack means to make a sudden breaking sound or to split something, without it breaking into separate pieces.
To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand:
Recognize is defined as to identify someone or something known at an earlier time.
To examine and sort carefully:
To manufacture:
Empty is defined as to remove all of something.
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To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
(Chiefly Brit.) To clean (esp. a stable); remove muck from
The white, shallow portion of a wave after it breaks. The bore carries ocean water onto the beach.
To bore a hole or holes
To cause to drop or sink; lower:
To dig a mine or tunnel beneath.
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To be made clean
(Intransitive) To become deeper
Channel is defined as to direct or convey.
To elevate is to lift something up, to promote, or to boost.
To pick up, spear, or pitch with a fork
To appreciate, enjoy or relish something
To enjoy; like
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To know (a person or thing).
To understand
To subtract:
To comprehend; understand
To consider:
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To hold as one's conviction or opinion; think; imagine
To take or get passively; incur or contract without intention, as by exposure
To take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly
To go (on or along) in a steady, slow, heavy manner
(Joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
To pass over or through:
To strike against with great force; drive into
Reconnoiter is to conduct a military mission to observe something or someone or to find something out.
To carry out an examination or investigation
misunderstanding (antonym)
To fail to understand correctly; misinterpret
disliking (antonym)
To dislike is to feel distaste or hostility towards someone or something.
filling (antonym)
To supply what is specified by or required for:
burying (antonym)
To place in the ground; cover with earth:
embedding (antonym)
To embed is defined as to plant something deeply or firmly, either literally or figuratively.
entering (related)
In real property, to pass upon or into; of litigation, to file or present to the court—for example, to enter an appearance into the record; of a contract, to enter into it means to sign or execute it.
harvesting (related)
Harvest is defined as to gather a crop.
touching (related)
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
showing (related)
To bestow; to confer.
making (related)
To compose:
strimming (related)
dig-in (related)
digger (related)
dug (related)
Find another word for digging. In this page you can discover 96 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for digging, like: delving, excavation, dig, grinding, toiling, laboring, excavating, poking, stabbing, prodding and jabbing.