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Princeton's WordNet

  1. excavation, digging, dignoun

    the act of digging

    "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

Wiktionary

  1. diggingnoun

    The action performed by a person or thing that digs.

Wikipedia

  1. Digging

    Digging is the process of using some implement such as claws, hands, or tools, to remove material from a solid surface, usually soil or sand on the surface of the Earth. Digging is actually the combination of two processes, the first being the breaking or cutting of the surface, and the second being the removal and relocation of the material found there. In a simple digging situation, this may be accomplished in a single motion, with the digging implement being used to break the surface and immediately fling the material away from the hole or other structure being dug. Many kinds of animals engage in digging, either as part of burrowing behavior or to search for food or water under the surface of the ground. Historically, humans have engaged in digging for both of these reasons, and for a variety of additional reasons, such as engaging in agriculture and gardening, searching for minerals, metals, and other raw materials such as during mining and quarrying, preparing for construction, creating fortifications and irrigation, and also excavations in archaeology, searching for fossils and rocks in palaeontology and geology and burial of the dead.

ChatGPT

  1. digging

    Digging is the activity or process of removing material, typically soil or dirt, from the ground using tools such as shovels or excavators, or even using hands or claws. This could be for various purposes such as planting, mining, archaeological exploration, construction, or creating a hole or tunnel.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Digging

    of Dig

  2. Diggingnoun

    the act or the place of excavating

  3. Diggingnoun

    places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained

  4. Diggingnoun

    region; locality

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of digging in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of digging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of digging in a Sentence

  1. Jerry Angelo:

    When you're in a hole, you got to start digging out and get it right, it's critical. Not only picking a player of value, but we all know the value of the quarterback position. If you don't get it right, then you're going to stay in the abyss.

  2. Alden Meyer:

    The first rule of holes is that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. And we're still digging the hole deeper by paying people to pollute and to produce and use more carbon, it's insane.

  3. Oliver Contreras/Pool/Sipa:

    Liberal reporters frankly supported the mandate, so they never did much digging. But as of January, there were 31,000 fewer full-time airline workers than before COVID. And while we were told pretty much everyone was complying, it turns out a lot of people were also quitting or retiring early, it's gotten so bad that JetBlue is basically begging flight attendants to take on some open shifts. Alaska Airlines is paying double to take on extra work, but it was the number of retiring pilots that is the most alarming. Obviously, no pilots means no flights.

  4. Battalion Chief Notte:

    I bring back into mind the families and friends that want some closure, and are just desperately waiting for any information. And that gives me the strength and motivation to keep digging.

  5. Aarynn Carter:

    Obtaining this image felt like digging for space treasure, at first all I could see was light from the star, but with careful image processing I was able to remove that light and uncover the planet.

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