digging
part of speech
verb (-ing form of dig: dig, digs, dug, digging); noun (digging; diggings — places where things are dug)
meaning for a pupil
1) The action of making a hole in the ground or moving earth, with a spade, hands, paws or a machine. tree →
2) Searching hard for something: "digging for information". tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and history, digging uncovers fossils and old objects; archaeologists dig carefully. In gardening, digging loosens soil for planting. In safety lessons, never dig deep holes in sand or near gas pipes; sand holes can collapse. Phrases: digging a hole, digging for treasure, digging in the garden, dig in.
examples
- be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations. (Writings EZR.4.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- The dog is digging in the garden again. tree →
- We spent the afternoon digging at the beach. tree →
- Scientists are digging for dinosaur bones. tree →
- Digging deep holes in sand can be dangerous. tree →
- Grandad is digging a vegetable patch. tree →
- Keep digging until you find the answer. tree →
note
Double g: digging. Past of "dig" is "dug" (not "digged"). Safety: before digging in a garden, adults should check for buried pipes or cables. "Dig in" can mean start eating.
In the corpora
- A wild animal spends most of its day busy: searching for food, digging, climbing, sniffing and chasing.
- Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.
- «Funny!» Then he starts digging in the snow like mad.
- Farmers digging a well found the Terracotta Army in 1974.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «digging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.