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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#m1)

2) Searching hard for something: "digging for information". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#x1)
- We spent the afternoon digging at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#x2)
- Scientists are digging for dinosaur bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#x3)
- Digging deep holes in sand can be dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#x4)
- Grandad is digging a vegetable patch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#x5)
- Keep digging until you find the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/112-training-and-enrichment/0/)
- [Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/8/)
- [«Funny!» Then he starts digging in the snow like mad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/2/)
- [Farmers digging a well found the Terracotta Army in 1974.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «digging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.