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.

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1. dug

   1) Past participle of 'dig'. It refers to the act of breaking up and moving earth, stone, or other material using a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, or snout. 2) Informal term referring to understanding or appreciating something. 3) Scottish term for 'dog'.

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. Sami Kathim:

   They are dug between houses so that they can cross the street without the planes seeing them. They go down and split off into separate tunnels. This tunnel we're looking at here goes on for a kilometer, some others are 700, 800 meters.

2. Tony Cipolla:

   Investigators began ground penetrating radar at the home of Ruben Flores Tuesday morning at about 7:30 and concluded about 5 p.m., they dug on the property today using hand tools. They recovered items of evidence both inside and outside the residence, in the ground.

3. Toni Weiser:

   I felt nothing—just some mild itching, i much prefer radiation to having something dug out of my nose with a scalpel.

4. Matt Perkins:

   They came in, dug up the bone, saw that it was fairly large and at that point told us,' Too big to be human. Not our concern anymore,'.

5. Steve Zahn:

   I thought it was a unique role that I had not played before. I usually wouldn't be on the list for a character like that, especially in a network show. But once I read the script and I talked to these guys, I realized they were a little different, and I dug that.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dug
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dug