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present tense third-person singular of dig
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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth
- a backhoe dug a hole in the backyard to make a swimming pool
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2
to take pleasure in
- I really dig bluegrass music
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- adores,
- delights (in),
- enjoys,
- fancies,
- gets off (on),
- grooves (on),
- likes,
- loves,
- rejoices (in),
- relishes,
- revels (in),
- savors
- (also savours)
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3
to have a clear idea of
- can you dig what I'm saying?
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- appreciates,
- apprehends,
- assimilates,
- beholds,
- catches,
- catches on (to),
- cognizes,
- compasses,
- comprehends,
- conceives,
- cottons (to or on to),
- deciphers,
- decodes,
- discerns,
- gets,
- grasps,
- groks,
- intuits,
- knows,
- makes,
- makes out,
- perceives,
- recognizes,
- registers,
- savvies,
- sees,
- seizes,
- senses,
- tumbles (to),
- twigs,
- understands
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4
to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object
- every time I slowed down, he'd dig me in the ribs
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digs
noun
plural of dig
Synonyms of digs (Entry 2 of 2)
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
- check out my new digs on the north side of town
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- bed-sitter
- (also bedsit or bed-sitting-room)
- [British],
- cohousing,
- condo,
- condominium,
- duplex,
- duplex apartment,
- efficiency,
- efficiency apartment,
- flatlet
- [British],
- floor-through,
- garden apartment,
- granny flat
- [chiefly British],
- maisonette,
- penthouse,
- railroad flat,
- salon,
- saloon
- [chiefly British],
- studio,
- studio apartment,
- triplex,
- walk-up
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