| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| dig | |
| 1. graben | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| dig | |
| 1. v. (transitive, intransitive) 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 m |  |
| They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road. | |
| In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes. | |
| If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground. | |
| My seven-year-old son always digs a hole in the middle of his mashed potatoes and fills it with gravy before he starts to eat them. | |
| 2. v. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up. | |
| to dig potatoes; to dig up gold | |
| 3. v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. | |
| 4. v. (US, slang) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. | |
| 5. v. (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up. | |
| to dig up evidence; to dig out the facts | |
| 6. v. To thrust; to poke. | |
| 7. v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball | |
| 8. subst. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. | |
| 9. subst. (US, colloquial dated) A plodding and laborious student. | |
| 10. subst. A thrust; a poke. | |
| He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke. | |
| 11. subst. (dialect) A tool for digging. | |
| 12. subst. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team. | |
| 13. v. (slang) To understand or show interest in. | |
| You dig? | |
| 14. v. (slang) To appreciate, or like. | |
| Baby, I dig you. | |
| 15. subst. (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin. | |
| dig toxicity | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| graben | |
| 1. v. to dig | |
| 2. v. to burrow | |
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