Definition of digging

"digging" in the noun sense

1. excavation, digging, dig

the act of digging

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

"digging" in the verb sense

1. dig, delve, cut into, turn over

turn up, loosen, or remove earth

"Dig we must"

"turn over the soil for aeration"

2. dig, dig out

create by digging

"dig a hole"

"dig out a channel"

3. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil

work hard

"She was digging away at her math homework"

"Lexicographers drudge all day long"

4. dig, dig up, dig out

remove, harvest, or recover by digging

"dig salt"

"dig coal"

5. dig

thrust down or into

"dig the oars into the water"

"dig your foot into the floor"

6. excavate, dig, hollow

remove the inner part or the core of

"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

7. jab, prod, stab, poke, dig

poke or thrust abruptly

"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

8. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend

get the meaning of something

"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for digging

Love is a torrent that one checks by digging a bed for it. [ Commerson ]

Alchemy may be compared to the man who told his sons he had left them gold buried somewhere in his vineyard; where they by digging found no gold, but by turning up the mould, about the roots of their vines, procured a plentiful vintage. So the search and endeavors to make gold have brought many useful inventions and instructive experiments to light. [ Bacon ]

digging in Scrabble®

The word digging is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters digging:

DIGGING
(94 = 44 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word digging

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The 139 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In digging

DIGGING
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digging in Words With Friends™

The word digging is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters digging:

DIGGING
(110 = 75 + 35)
DIGGING
(110 = 75 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

digging

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word digging

DIGGING
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The 162 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In digging

DIGGING
(110 = 75 + 35)
DIGGING
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DIGGING
(104 = 69 + 35)
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Words within the letters of digging

2 letter words in digging (2 words)

3 letter words in digging (4 words)

4 letter words in digging (1 word)

7 letter words in digging (1 word)

digging + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence digging

Words that start with digging (2 words)

Words with digging in them (1 word)

Words that end with digging (2 words)

Word Growth involving digging

Shorter words in digging

dig

in gin

Longer words containing digging

diggings

ditchdigging