Search Result for "digging": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of digging;
- Example: "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
[syn: excavation, digging, dig]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dig \Dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (d[u^]g) or Digged (d[i^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Digging. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see Dike, Ditch); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [root]67.] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. [1913 Webster] Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. [1913 Webster] 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. [1913 Webster] 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] 5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam. [Colloq.] [PJC] To dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. To dig from, To dig out of, To dig out, To dig up, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. To dig in, (a) to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. (b) To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare or negotiating situations. to dig in one's heels To offer stubborn resistance. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Digging \Dig"ging\, n. 1. The act or the place of digging or excavating. Syn: excavation, dig. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent] [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Region; locality. [Low] [1913 Webster] 4. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion). Syn: ransacking, rummage. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

digging n 1: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging, dig]