dig
/dɪg/ verb (present participle digging, past tense and past participle dug)Translation
› [I, T] to break or move the ground with a tool, machine, etc
kazmak
Digging the garden is good exercise.1363 dig a hole/tunnel, etc › to make a hole in the ground by moving some of the ground or soil away
dig in/dig into sth phrasal verb informal tünel/çukur açmak/kazmak
They've dug a huge hole in the road. → See also dig the/up dirt on sb1363 › to start eating food
dig (sth) into sb/sth phrasal verb yemeye/yemeğe başlamak
Dig in, there's plenty for everyone.846 › to press or push hard into someone or something, or to press something hard into someone or something
dig sb/sth out phrasal verb sokmak, daldırmak, batırmak, dürtmek, kakmak
She dug her fingernails into my wrist. A stone was digging into my heel.1649 › to get someone or something out of somewhere by digging
dig sth out phrasal verb kazıp çıkarmak, kazarak çıkarmak
1363 › to find something that you have not seen or used for a long time
dig sth up phrasal verb araştırıp bulmak, araştırarak ortaya çıkarmak
Mum dug out some old family photographs to show me.1986TAKE OUT › to take something out of the ground by digging
toprağı belleyerek çıkarmak, kazıp ortaya çıkarmak
Could you dig up a few potatoes for dinner?1363BREAK GROUND › to break the ground or make a hole in the ground with a tool, machine, etc
bir alet veya makinayla toprağı kazmak, çukur açmak
They're digging up the road outside my house.1363INFORMATION › to discover information that is secret or forgotten by searching very carefully
gizli ya da unutulmuş bir şeyi dikkatli bir şekilde araştırarak ortaya çıkarmak
See if you can dig up anything interesting about his past.1986(Definition of dig verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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