Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dig | Yes | No | Yes | No |
grind | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dig (noun) | grind (noun) |
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the act of digging | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow | hard monotonous routine work |
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) | the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground |
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious |
the site of an archeological exploration |
dig (verb) | grind (verb) |
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get the meaning of something | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
turn up, loosen, or remove earth | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together |
create by digging | press or grind with a crushing noise |
remove the inner part or the core of | shape or form by grinding |
poke or thrust abruptly | created by grinding |
thrust down or into | dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced |
remove, harvest, or recover by digging | work hard |
work hard |