Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to dig; to excavate; to hollow
to delve into
to dig up (e.g. vegetables)
Slang; Vulgar expression or word
(for two men) to have anal sex
excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing
discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up
to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to dig out; to pick up
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to dig down
to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into; to investigate; to get to the bottom of
Idiomatic expression
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
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