to dig a grave
21dig — early 14c. (diggen), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dike and ditch, either via O.Fr. diguer (ultimately from a Germanic source), or directly from an unrecorded O.E. word. Native words were deolfan (see DELVE (Cf. delve)), grafan (see… …
22grave|dig|ger — «GRAYV DIHG uhr», noun. 1. a person whose work is digging graves. 2. an insect which buries the bodies of other insects or small animals as food for its emerging larvae; burying beetle …
23dig — dig1 S3 [dıg] v past tense and past participle dug [dʌg] present participle digging [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dic ditch ] 1.) [I and T] to move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground, using a ↑spade or your… …
24Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! — This article is about the album. For the album s title song, see Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (song). Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds …
25dig — dig1 [ dıg ] (past tense and past participle dug [ dʌg ] ; present participle dig|ging) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a machine, or a tool, especially a shovel: The children like to dig… …
26grave — I. transitive verb (graved; graven or graved; graving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grafan; akin to Old High German graban to dig, Old Church Slavic pogreti to bury Date: before 12th century 1. archaic dig, excavate 2 …
27dig — I UK [dɪɡ] / US verb Word forms dig : present tense I/you/we/they dig he/she/it digs present participle digging past tense dug UK [dʌɡ] / US past participle dug ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a… …
28grave — 1 noun (C) 1 the place in the ground where a dead body is buried compare tomb 2 the grave especially literary death: Had his spirit returned from the grave to haunt them? 3 sb would turn/spin in their grave used to say that someone who is dead… …
29grave — Modern English has essentially two words grave. Grave ‘burial place’ goes back ultimately to prehistoric Indo European *ghrebh ‘dig’, which also produced Latvian grebt ‘hollow out’ and Old Church Slavonic pogreti ‘bury’. Its Germanic descendant… …
30grave — Modern English has essentially two words grave. Grave ‘burial place’ goes back ultimately to prehistoric Indo European *ghrebh ‘dig’, which also produced Latvian grebt ‘hollow out’ and Old Church Slavonic pogreti ‘bury’. Its Germanic descendant… …
