# digging

Pronunciation: say "DIG-ing" US /ˈdɪɡɪŋ/, UK /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/

## Verb

1. Present participle of dig. — present participle and gerund of dig
   - Simple: Present participle of dig. Use this form for an action that is happening now.
   - _Volunteers were digging trenches to redirect the floodwater._
   - _She spent the whole weekend digging in her vegetable garden._

## Noun

2. The act of breaking up and moving earth, soil, or other material, as carried out by a person or machine.
   - Simple: The act of breaking up and removing earth or soil with a tool or with the hands.
   - _The digging continued well into the night as crews searched for survivors._
   - _Years of careless digging had disturbed the ancient burial site._
3. A site where ore is dug from the ground, especially the localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere where gold was obtained.
   - Simple: A place in the ground where people dig out ore or gold.
   - _Prospectors flocked to every fresh digging along the creek._
   - _The richest digging in the territory was worked out within a year._

## Noun

4. Accommodation or lodgings; the room or place a person rents to live in. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A rented room or place where someone lives.
   - _After the war he kept the same shabby digging he had rented as a young clerk._
   - _Touring actors shared cheap digs from one town to the next._
5. A region or locality; the general area or part of the country a person is in. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A particular area or part of the country where someone lives.
   - _There wasn't a finer horse in the whole digging._
   - _Folks in these diggings looked after their own._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/digging (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).