Definitions for dug
dʌgdug

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dugnoun

   an udder or breast or teat

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dugnoun

   Mammary gland on domestic mammal containing more than two breasts.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dugnoun

   Etymology: deggia, to give suck, Islandick.

   1. A pap; a nipple; a teat: spoken of beasts, or in malice or contempt of human beings.

   Of her there bred
   A thousand young ones, which she daily fed,
   Sucking upon her poisonous dugs; each one
   Of sundry shape, yet all ill favoured. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   They are first fed and nourished with the milk of a strange dug. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   Then shines the goat, whose brutish dugs supply’d
   The infant Jove, and nurst his growing pride. Thomas Creech.

   2. It seems to have been used formerly of the breast without reproach.

   It was a faithless squire that was the source
   Of all my sorrow, and of these sad tears;
   With whom, from tender dug of common nourse,
   At once I was up brought. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. 4.

   As mild and gentle as the cradle-babe,
   Dying with mother’s dug between its lips. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

2. Dugpreterit. and part. pass. of dig.

   They had often found medals, and pipes of lead, as they dug among the rubbish. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dug

   of Dig

2. Dugnoun

   a teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast

3. Dug

   of Dig

4. Etymology: [Akin to Sw. dgga to suckle (a child), Dan. dgge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. 66.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dug

   dug, n. the nipple of the pap, esp. applied to that of a cow or other beast. [Cf. Sw. dægga, Dan. dægge, to suckle a child. See Dairy.]

2. Dug

   dug, pa.t. and pa.p. of Dig.—n. Dug′out, a boat made by hollowing out the trunk of a tree.

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1. DUG

   What does DUG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DUG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Anagrams for dug »

1. gud

2. UDG

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dug in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dug in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dug in a Sentence

1. Brandon Judd:

   They dug under the fence, unlike most areas along the border, Yuma has some very sandy areas that is easy to dig in.

2. Matthew Toboroff:

   People dug in on everything, it was hard to have a conversation. We hope you put this game in the middle of the table and find that it's provocative, stimulating and maybe even makes you laugh.

3. Dominic Tweddle:

   It was an amazing response from our funding partners and the public, who dug deep in extremely difficult times to save these treasures.

4. Engkos Kosasih:

   She became destructive, dug up other people's crops and ate raw corn from the plant. I was ashamed and scared.

5. Andrew Wiggins:

   We were locked in, we dug ourselves a little hole. We knew to get out of it we were going to have to play harder.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dug
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dug
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dug
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dug
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dug