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Meanings of dug in English

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Usage of dug in English
1
He dug the graves, and laid the corpse in the kindly soil.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
2
Such shafts are dug in the hope of extracting water or oil.
BBC
3
Kanmakan rose and dug a grave and laid him in the earth.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
4
In them deep trenches were rapidly dug; and the boxes were buried.
France in the Nineteenth Century
5
Cannon, several weeks ago somebody dug up a yacht in the area.
Ancient shores
6
Holes are dug in the ground with the heels of the shoe.
School, Church, and Home Games
7
But the men in the fort dug a well inside the fort.
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
8
Exelmans and Toutee wounded; military authorities warn Parisians against overconfidence; intrenchments dug.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
9
He picked up his fork, dug with great attention into the food.
The lost recipe for happiness
10
Today the Houthis dug new trenches, closed off and emptied some neighbourhoods.
The Guardian
11
They also collect the fifth of all gold dug in the islands.
History of the Philippine Islands
12
There, in the territory of forsaken things, they dug a shallow grave.
A Dreamer's Tales
13
It was hard work but we dug in there in windy conditions.
The Guardian
14
My fingers dug into her sides when I saw the road ahead.
The accidental demon slayer
15
Stones had been taken up, and a grave dug in this passage.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
16
I dug out my phone to let Lisa know I'd be late.
Swamp Bones
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