digging

SayDIG-ingUS/ˈdɪɡɪŋ/UK/ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/

Noun pluraldiggings (some meanings)

5 meanings of digging

1
verb
Present participle of dig. Use this form for an action that is happening now.
The puppy was digging a hole under the fence.
Workers were digging near the road all morning.
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2
noununcountable
The act of breaking up and removing earth or soil with a tool or with the hands.
Like using a shovel to make a hole in the sand at the beach.
The digging took all afternoon because the ground was so hard.
Careful digging let them reach the pipe without breaking it.
Similarexcavation, shoveling, tunneling
3
nounusually plural
A place in the ground where people dig out ore or gold.
Like a spot where people dig down hoping to find treasure.
The miners left the digging once the gold ran out.
A new digging drew crowds after gold was found there.
Similarmine, claim

Less common meanings

4
noundatedplural
A rented room or place where someone lives.
He found a cheap digging near the factory while looking for work.
Their digs were cramped but close to the station.
Similarlodgings, room, quarters, accommodation
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5
nounarchaiccountable or uncountableplural
A particular area or part of the country where someone lives.
Like saying 'around here' to mean the place where you live.
He had lived in that lonely digging his whole life, far from any town.
Strangers hardly ever passed through these diggings.
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digging is a form of dig

dig, verb: To move dirt or rock out of the way, usually to make a hole. Full entry

Forms: digdigs he/she/itdigging -ing formdug past tense, past participle
Spelling: dig → digging: double the g, add -ing

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