Unscramble digging

Definition of digging

noun:

• the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton". Synonyms: dig, excavation.

verb:

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must", "turn over the soil for aeration". Synonyms: cut into, delve, dig, turn over.
• create by digging; "dig a hole", "dig out a channel". Synonyms: dig, dig out.
• work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework", "Lexicographers drudge all day long". Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail.
• remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt", "dig coal". Synonyms: dig, dig out, dig up.
• thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water", "dig your foot into the floor". Synonyms: dig.
• remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside". Synonyms: dig, excavate, hollow.
• poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs". Synonyms: dig, jab, poke, prod, stab.
• get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?". Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy.

Related words

burrow, dibble, digest, ditch, drive, figure, furrow, groove, intuit, lift, root, rootle, rout, rut, shovel, spade, trench, trowel, tumble, tunnel, twig.

Words nearby

diggings, dogging, rigging, wigging.

Rhymes with

rigging.