dug

¹

[duhg]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of dig and dig.

dug

²

[duhg]

noun

1. the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.

dug

¹

/ dʌɡ /

noun

1. the nipple, teat, udder, or breast of a female mammal

2. a human breast, esp when old and withered

dug

²

/ dʌɡ /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of dig

dug

³

/ dʌɡ /

noun

1. a Scot word for dog

Word History and Origins

Origin of dug¹

1520–30; origin obscure; perhaps < a Germanic base akin to Danish dægge, Norwegian degge, Swedish dägga to suckle

Word History and Origins

Origin of dug¹

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish dægge to coddle, Gothic daddjan to give suck

Example Sentences

The eldest of seven children born to a prospector-turned-rancher, Jeannette dug ditches, raised barns and split wood alongside the ranch hands.

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They could have cut lines and dug around the sensitive areas.

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"Some of our volunteers have dug up phones wrapped in tin foil," Ms Gates added.

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But the group has dug in its heels, working steadily to reconstitute its ranks and arguing it needs its weapons to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty.

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“We went back over there again. We dug it all out again. We put ladders on it. We did everything that we could do — cold-trail again,” Villanueva told The Times on Oct.

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Related Words

• bore 
• bulldoze 
• burrow 
• clean 
• discover 
• dredge 
• drill 
• enter 
• excavate 
• exhume 
• go into 
• gouge 
• harvest 
• penetrate 
• scoop 
• search 
• shovel 
• sift 
• uncover 
• unearth