Dug
[dʌɡ]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Dig
(n.) A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.
(imp. & p. p.) of Dig.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Teat (of a beast), nipple, pap, udder.
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Definition
n. the nipple of the pap esp. applied to that of a cow or other beast.
pa.t. and pa.p. of Dig.—n. Dug′out a boat made by hollowing out the trunk of a tree.
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Examples
- I cut brush and Aymo and Piani dug out in front and between the wheels. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now he dug with it in a steady, almost machinelike desperation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In such regions, there is an accumulation of water, and a well dug there would have an abundant supply of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They have dug a hole, and they have found things like flowerpots upside down, Mis'ess Yeobright; and inside these be real charnel bones. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The precipice on the opposite side of the canyon is well perforated with the small holes they dug in the rock to live in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The wheels only dug in deeper. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Joaqu韓, who was eighteen years old, had a steel helmet that he dug with and he passed dirt in it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After the peanuts have reached their full growth, they are dug up very much in the same way as potatoes, a machine potato digger now being extensively used for this purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Constantinople was invested, trenches dug, and advances made. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The ties had been dug out too and thrown down the embankment. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- For about a quarter of an hour he dug on uninterrupted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They was all dug out under my eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Far up in a sheltered nook, under the red cliffs, twelve graves had been dug in the soft sand, and in these were the ill-fated seamen laid. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now, sir,' said Venus, finishing off; 'you best know what was in that Dutch bottle, and why you dug it up, and took it away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- However, we have dug a channel with the 'Pioneer'--put things in a track, and so on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The dugs hung between their fore feet, and often reached almost to the ground as they walked. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Typist: Patricia