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View synonyms for dug

dug

1

[ duhg ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of dig 1 and dig 2.


dug

2

[ duhg ]

noun

  1. the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.

dug

1

/ dʌɡ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for dog
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dug

2

/ dʌɡ /

noun

  1. the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
  2. a human breast, esp when old and withered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dug

3

/ dʌɡ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of dig
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dug1

1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dug1

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish dægge to coddle, Gothic daddjan to give suck
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Example Sentences

To explore labdanum’s utility as an adhesive, Ochando and his team dug a replica hearth in an open-air site in Portelas, Portugal.

Two feet tall, its design of a crucified Christ positioned above the skull of Adam was dug out from a copper ground, filled with powdered glass mixed with metallic oxides and fired to achieve an extraordinary array of colors, both delicate and bright.

When Johnson rose from relative obscurity to the Speaker position, one of the few pieces of information that journalists dug up was that he had been in a documentary about "purity balls" in 2015.

From Salon

Professor Myles Allen, of the University of Oxford's Department of Physics, who led the study, summarises: "We are already counting on forests and oceans to mop up our past emissions, most of which came from burning stuff we dug out of the ground. We can't expect them to compensate for future emissions as well. By mid-century, any carbon that still comes out of the ground will have to go back down, to permanent storage. That's Geological Net Zero."

Before zipping up his bag, he dug out a pair of the glasses for Kupp, who promptly put them on.

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