dug

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/dʌɡ/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

antique, grave, small, under

VERB + DUG

come, fishing, police, tunnel, went

DUG + NOUN

facts, mountain, potatoes, road, stories, worms

PREP.

down, from, in, into, on, out, through, up

Definitions

noun

A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.

Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]

First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.

A woman's breast or nipple.

Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape, And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice. He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame, Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceit

noun

Pronunciation spelling of dog.

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Example Bank

Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]

Wiktionary

First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.

Wiktionary

Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape, And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice. He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame, Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceit

Wiktionary

A cellar was dug on top of the hill and they slowly moved the house from the road to the hill.

Tatoeba · #22097

The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.

Tatoeba · #46350

The boy dug a grave for his dead pet.

Tatoeba · #46352

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In some senses, dug is marked as vulgar. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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