digging

«digging» in Mova's school dictionary: The action of making a hole in the ground or moving… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

• 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.