dug
1 Americanverb
noun
noun
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the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal
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a human breast, esp when old and withered
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of dug
1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle
Example Sentences
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He retrieved a backpack with water from his engine, sprayed into the ground with a couple gallons of water and dug up the dirt with his hand tool until he was satisfied it was cool.
From Los Angeles Times
Researchers dug up fossils that belonged to the Spinosaurus mirabilis -- or "hell heron", in the words of Paul Sereno, the University of Chicago palaeontologist and lead author of the research published in the journal Science.
From Barron's
A hired girl remembered that she’d not only heard knocking in the bedroom; she’d fallen into the holes that she said Mr. Bell dug in the cellar.
From Literature
So he dug and dug into the rising snow with the goal of hollowing out a snow cave, a place to weather the terrible storm.
From Literature
All around the bur oak, about three feet out from the trunk, I dug six small holes in the soft soil.
From Literature
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