dug Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an udder or breast or teat
  2. verb turn up, loosen, or remove earth
    delve; dig; turn over; cut into.
    • Dig we must
    • turn over the soil for aeration
  3. verb create by digging
    dig out; dig.
    • dig a hole
    • dig out a channel
  4. verb work hard
    moil; travail; dig; grind; labour; drudge; toil; labor; fag.
    • She was digging away at her math homework
    • Lexicographers drudge all day long
  5. verb remove, harvest, or recover by digging
    dig out; dig; dig up.
    • dig salt
    • dig coal
  6. verb thrust down or into
    dig.
    • dig the oars into the water
    • dig your foot into the floor
  7. verb remove the inner part or the core of
    dig; excavate; hollow.
    • the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
  8. verb poke or thrust abruptly
    stab; dig; prod; jab; poke.
    • he jabbed his finger into her ribs
  9. verb get the meaning of something
    grok; apprehend; dig; comprehend; grasp; compass; savvy; get the picture.
    • Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

WordNet


Dug noun
Etymology
Akin to Sw. dägga to suckle (a child), Dan. dægge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. .
Definitions
  1. A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.
    With mother's dug between its lips. Shak.
Dug imperfect & past participle
Definitions
  1. of Dig.

Webster 1913