dug

CEFRA2

/dʌɡ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of dig; made a hole in the ground.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.

Examples

  • He dug a deep hole in the garden.

  • The boy dug a grave for his dead pet.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A woman's breast or nipple.

  2. simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Pronunciation spelling of dog.

More examples

In context

  • The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.

  • First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.

  • Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]

Synonyms

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The treasure hunter blank a deep hole beneath the old oak tree.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe. Compare also doug.