digging

/ˈdɪɡɪŋ/
verb
  1. Present participle of 'dig' — breaking up or moving earth.
    • The dog is digging a hole in the backyard.
    • She is digging for clams at the beach.
    • They are digging a trench for the water pipe.
  2. Figuratively, searching or investigating thoroughly.
    • The reporter is digging into the politician's past.
    • He is digging through old records to find the answer.
    • She is always digging for the truth, no matter how hard it is.
noun
  1. The act of breaking up and moving earth or other material with a tool, hands, or machine.
    • The digging for the new building started last week.
    • After hours of digging, they finally found the buried treasure.
    • Digging in the garden is hard work but good exercise.
  2. A place where digging is being done, such as an archaeological excavation.
    • We visited an old digging where miners once searched for gold.
    • The archaeologists are working at a Roman digging in the valley.
    • The digging site was marked with yellow tape.
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