"digging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-digging.wav [US] Forms: diggings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} digging (countable and uncountable, plural diggings)
  1. The action performed by a person or thing that digs. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-digging-en-noun-odkiLkic
  2. A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-digging-en-noun-NPIbuC-m
  3. (dated, colloquial) Accommodation; lodgings; digs. Tags: colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-digging-en-noun-JO2RkpZq
  4. (archaic, colloquial, often in the plural) Region; locality. Tags: archaic, colloquial, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-digging-en-noun-F5GlbYAy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: digging fork, digging stick, gold-digging, gold digging, gum-digging Related terms: digs

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-digging.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} digging
  1. present participle and gerund of dig Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dig
    Sense id: en-digging-en-verb-k-MoCuHL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 14 9 10 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 15 11 18 44

Inflected forms

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