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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Bartolini dug into some details that may be especially helpful to small-cap companies’ bottom lines.
From MarketWatch
"It's very sandy ground, access, 7,000 metre cubed of material in there approximately, but that's not when you've dug the hole - when you dig the hole and refill it, you could double that."
From BBC
Pulte and others have dug into the Fed’s headquarters renovation, a process that apparently led to the new probe of Powell.
From Barron's
Sharp indies such as Sabar Bonda and Songs of Forgotten Trees dug into complex social and political layers and told sensitive stories of relationships.
From BBC
Employees bought a few boxes, cooked up the gooey meals in a corporate kitchen and dug in.
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