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The correct spelling is dug.
How to pronounce dug
/dʌɡ/
verbIPA: /dʌɡ/
Say it like: Dug
The correct spelling is dug. To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make… For example: "If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground."
Usage Examples
“If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.”
“to dig potatoes”
“to dig out the facts”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- 2.To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- 3.To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- 4.To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- 5.To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
noun
- 1.(chiefly in the plural) A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
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