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# dug

«dug» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of dig: to make a hole in the ground or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past and past participle of dig: dig, digs, dug, digging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dug is the past form of dig: to make a hole in the ground or move earth with a spade, hands or paws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#m1)

2) Dug can mean searched for and found: I dug out my old toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#m2)

3) Dug in means pushed something into something: the cat dug its claws in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and history: archaeologists dug up Roman coins; in gardening lessons, pupils dug holes to plant seeds and found worms and insects in the soil. In stories, pirates dug for treasure and dogs dug up bones. Safety: do not dig near cables, pipes or deep in sand (sand holes on beaches can collapse). Phrases: dug up, dug out, dug a hole, dug in.

### examples

- The dog dug a hole in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x1)
- We dug up potatoes from the vegetable patch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x2)
- Archaeologists dug up an old Viking sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x3)
- I dug out my winter coat from the cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x4)
- The cat dug its claws into my leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x5)
- The pirates dug for treasure on the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x6)
- Our class dug a pond for frogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x7)
- They dug a little grave in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dug/#x8)

### note

Irregular verb: dig, dug, dug — never «digged». «Dug» is also an old word for an animal's teat, but children will rarely meet that.

### In the corpora

- [Scientists dug up chimp nut-cracking stones about 4,300 years old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/9/)
- [He dug up his tunnel: «he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged», muttering to himself «Up we go!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/14/)
- ["Six feet under" means dead and buried, because graves were dug about six feet deep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/12/)
- [He got away with it all winter and nearly forgot — then Dad dug the pieces up planting tomatoes in spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/12/)
- [A canal is a waterway dug by people, a shortcut where nature left none.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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