dig

/dɪɡ/

意味: 掘る、掘り出す

例文: Kai dug for hidden snacks.
　　  カイが隠しスナックを発掘。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: dig a hole(穴を掘る), dig up(掘り起こす), dig into(掘り下げる)

定義: 地面や土を掘ることを指します。スコップや手を使って、土や砂を動かして穴を作る行為です。また、情報を探したり、調べたりすることにも使われます。

digは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the site of an archeological exploration
Noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Noun: a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
Noun: the act of digging
Noun: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
Verb: turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Verb: create by digging
Verb: work hard
Verb: remove, harvest, or recover by digging
Verb: thrust down or into
Verb: remove the inner part or the core of
Verb: poke or thrust abruptly
Verb: get the meaning of something

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I need to dig a hole for the new tree.(新しい木のために穴を掘る必要がある。)
I really dig that new song on the radio!(ラジオの新しい曲が本当に好きだ！)
The archaeologists plan to dig at the ancient site next summer.(考古学者たちは来夏に古代遺跡を発掘する予定だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: they set up camp next to the dig
Noun: his parting shot was `drop dead’
Noun: she threw shafts of sarcasm
Noun: she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
Noun: the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover
Noun: there’s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
Noun: she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs
Verb: Dig we must
Verb: turn over the soil for aeration
Verb: dig a hole
Verb: dig out a channel
Verb: She was digging away at her math homework
Verb: Lexicographers drudge all day long
Verb: dig salt
Verb: dig coal
Verb: dig the oars into the water
Verb: dig your foot into the floor
Verb: the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
Verb: he jabbed his finger into her ribs
Verb: Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): apprehend, archeological site, barb, compass, comprehend, cut into, delve, dig, dig out, dig up, digging, drudge, excavate, excavation, fag, get the picture, gibe, grasp, grind, grok, hollow, jab, jibe, labor, labour, moil, poke, prod, savvy, shaft, shot, slam, stab, toil, travail, turn over

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): creating by removal, dent, excavate, hollow, remark, remove, site, thrust, touch, understand, work

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): ablate, ad-lib, amputate, apron, aspirate, bail, bail out, bank, bomb site, bone, boost, brush, bur, burl, camp, campsite, carve out, carving, catch, cave, cavern, cemetery, chip away, circumcise, clean, clear, clear off, condense, contact, conversation stopper, core, courtesy, crumb, de-iodinate, de-ionate, decalcify, decarbonize, decorticate, defang, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, demineralize, desorb, detoxify, dig, discharge, disembowel, dislodge, draw, draw off, dredge, drilling, drive, dump, eliminate, empty, enucleate, epilate, excavate, excavation, exenterate, expectorate, extirpate, extract, fairway, farm, fill, film editing, fingering, fink, flick, follow, force, freelance, gambit, gouge, grazing, green, grok, grope, gut, handling, harvest, head, hit, hole, hull, husk, hypophysectomize, interpret, jab, job, kiss, knock out, labor, ladle, launching site, leach, lick, lift, make out, man, mention, monument, moonlight, muck, obiter dictum, observation, palpation, penetrate, pick, pit, platitude, premises, pull, punch, ram, read, ream, resect, rib, rough, rout, scale, scallop, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scoop out, seed, sense, serve, shed, shell, shot, shoulder, shuck, skim, slave, solve, spoon, stab, stem, string, strip, stroke, subcontract, suck in, tag, take away, take off, take out, tap, tear away, tee, tickle, tinker, tip, touch, toxic site, turn a trick, tusk, unburden, understand, undock, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, wash, wear away, weed, winnow, wipe off, wisecrack, withdraw, zinger

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): burrow, catch on, cheap shot, dibble, digest, drive, figure, furrow, intuit, lift, rout, shovel, spade, trench, trowel

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: apprehender, apprehensible, apprehension, apprehensive, comprehendible, comprehensible, comprehension, dig, digger, digging, drudge, drudgery, excavate, excavation, gibe, grasp, grasping, grind, hollow, jab, jabbing, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, poke, poking, prod, savvy, toil, toiler, travail

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: