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Meanings of dig in English

Portuguese
escavação
Catalan
excavació
Spanish
excavación
Wikidata

The site of an archeological exploration.

        escavação
        Catalan
        befa
        Spanish
        burla

        An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.

            befa
            Portuguese
            entender
            Catalan
            comprendre
            Spanish
            captar

            To get the meaning of something.

                entender
                Portuguese
                trabalhar

                Work hard.

                    trabalhar
                    Usage of dig in English
                    1
                    Rob didn't know what to expect at the dig, following the 'accident'.
                    The genesis secret
                    2
                    For example, we'll need to dig into this whole Kahverengi International matter.
                    You can't stop me
                    3
                    Here it is; you may follow us while we dig it out:
                    The Paternoster Ruby
                    4
                    Some of the survivors were compelled to dig graves for the seven.
                    New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
                    5
                    I dig down looking for things that existed a long time ago.'
                    Kennedy's brain
                    6
                    They thought to dig for gold; but they dug only their graves.
                    History of the Conquest of Peru
                    7
                    But working a dig is hard; it takes a lot of effort.
                    Red Planet Blues
                    8
                    The hardest thing was to get them to dig in and pull.
                    The Human Drift
                    9
                    Kindly go away and dig a hole in the ground with yourself.
                    Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl
                    10
                    I will be a workman; I will dig the earth, if necessary.
                    The Shadow of the Cathedral
                    11
                    Sometimes one could dig it out of the surface of the ground.
                    Children of the Market Place
                    12
                    They are no longer men; they become hyenas, they dig open graves.
                    Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
                    13
                    Let us dig a little farther in the direction of this vein.
                    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
                    14
                    None of the natives would help us to dig in this place.
                    Southern Arabia
                    15
                    Began to dig again in the spring-andnot a trace of anything.
                    Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
                    16
                    She told me fiction was the field she meant to dig in.
                    The Wheel of Life
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                    Dig through the time
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