"digging" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-digging.wav 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 18 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 16 31 3
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 18 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 16 31 3
  3. (dated, colloquial) Accommodation; lodgings; digs. Tags: colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-digging-en-noun-JO2RkpZq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 18 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 16 31 3
  4. (archaic, colloquial, often in the plural) Region; locality. Tags: archaic, colloquial, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-digging-en-noun-F5GlbYAy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 18 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 21 18 35 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 16 31 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: digging fork, digging stick, ditchdigging, gold-digging, gold digging, gravedigging, gumdigging, gum-digging Related terms: digs

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-digging.wav
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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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