Dig
Same as: gouge- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) A sarcastic dig ពាក្យចំអក
- 2.
- (ARCHEOLOGY) កន្លែងជីករកបុរាណវត្ថុ
noun
- 1.
- (a thrust, a prod, a biting remark) a dig in the ribs មួយកែងដៃ
verb — past tense: Dug ; past participle: Dug ; present participle: Digging ; 3rd person singular present Digs
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To break up and move ground with a tool or machine or claws etc., to obtain or remove by digging, to find out, to jab or prod, to understand, to break or turn up soil with a spade or other instrument, to make a hole, excavation, etc) ជីក, dig a heel in the ground ធ្វើទ្រុឌ, dig one's heels toes in ចចេស, បដិសេដពុំព្រមបន្ទោបន្ទន់
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- (INTRANSITIVE) Dig for a living ធ្វើការយ៉ាងច្រើន, dig in (at a job) ធ្វើការយ៉ាងច្រើន
Example: The men dug a hole in which to bury, the treasure.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A tool for digging.
- 2.
- An act of digging.
- 3.
- An amount to be dug.
verb — past tense: Dug ; past participle: Dug ; present participle: Digging ; 3rd person singular present Digs
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Of a tool: To cut deeply into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the work.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To work hard or drudge;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To study ploddingly and laboriously.
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- burrow, delve, dredge, excavate, uncover, undermine