Definition of digging

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Digging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Di.

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Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
Fossorious :: Fossorious (a.) Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects.
Effodient :: Effodient (a.) Digging up.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Digging :: Digging (n.) Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..
Spitted :: Spit (n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
Dike :: Dike (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
Hollow :: Hollow (v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate..
Mine :: Mine (v. t.) To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops..
Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging..
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries..
Excavate :: Excavate (v. t.) To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth..
Digging :: Digging (n.) Region; locality.
Dig :: Dig (v. t.) To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold..
Grub :: Grub (v. t.) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge..
Spud :: Spud (n.) A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes..
Suffragan :: Suffossion (n.) A digging under; an undermining.
Cut :: Cut (n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad..
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