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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
english
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verb ADV. deep We'll have to dig quite deep to get at the roots. PREP. for digging for buried treasure | through digging through solid clay
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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dig in informal to start eating • The food's going cold - dig in!
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig (yourself) in [ R ] to make arrangements to protect yourself from an attack by the enemy in a war situation, for example by digging trenches (= long, narrow holes)
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig sth up [ M ] INFORMATION 3. to discover secret or forgotten facts by searching very carefully • I've been doing some research on our family history and I've dug up some interesting information. • She's one of those journalists who's always trying to dig up dirt on (= unpleasant private details about) celebrities.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig sth up [ M ] MOVE SOIL 2. to break the ground or to make a hole in it with a tool, machine, etc. • They're digging up the road outside to repair the electricity cables.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig sth up [ M ] MOVE SOIL 1. to take something out of the ground by digging • It's time we dug up those potatoes.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig (sth) into sb/sth to press or push, or to press or push an object, hard into someone or something • A stone was digging into my heel. • She dug her fingernails into my wrist.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig sth out [ M ] informal to find something that you have not seen or used for a long time • Mum dug out some old family photos to show me.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun hard push ADJ. sharp VERB + DIG give She gave him a sharp dig in the ribs. | feel, get PHRASES a dig in the ribs critical remark ADJ. little | sly I resisted the temptation to get in a sly dig at Fred. VERB + DIG get in, have, make PREP. ~ about, ~ at They were having a little dig at her about the way she tells everybody else what to do. in the ground ADJ. archaeological VERB + DIG go on I went on an archaeological dig over the summer. DIG + VERB reveal sth The dig revealed the site of a Roman villa.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb mine: You must dig for gold to find it.
Simple Definitions
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dig sb/sth out [ M ] to get someone or something out of somewhere by digging • Firefighters helped to dig out the people trapped in the snowdrift. • The doctor used a sharp instrument to dig a piece of glass out of my finger.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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dig to make a hole in the ground using your hands, a tool, or a machine: • Some workmen were digging a trench at the side of the road. • In Africa, the people know where to dig for water. make a hole to dig a hole in the ground, using your hands or a tool: • Make a hole just big enough for the plant’s roots. burrow if an animal burrows, it makes a hole or a passage in the ground by digging the earth with its feet, nose etc: • The rabbits had burrowed a hole under the fence. plough British English , plow American English to turn over the soil using a machine or a tool pulled by animals, to prepare the soil for planting seeds: • The farmers here still plough their fields using buffaloes. excavate formal to dig a large hole in the ground, especially as a preparation for building something: • The men began excavating the hole for the pool. bore to make a deep round hole in the ground using a special machine, especially in order to look for oil or water: • Companies need a special licence to bore for oil.
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