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DIGGING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of digging

Example:

there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton

Synonyms:

dig; digging; excavation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("digging" is a kind of...):

creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)

Derivation:

dig (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb dig

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 Context examples: 

It seems he had slipped out to look for this drug or whatever it is; for the cabinet door was open, and there he was at the far end of the room digging among the crates.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)