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Digs

/dɪɡz/

An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.

📖 Definitions of "Digs"

noun

1
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
2
A plodding and laborious student.
3
A thrust; a poke.
"He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke."
4
A tool for digging.

verb

1
To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
"If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground."
2
To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
"to dig potatoes"
3
To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
4
To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

verb

noun

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
padnoun	A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
lodgingsnoun	A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
diggingsnoun	temporary living quarters
domiciliationnoun	permanent residence

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
lodgingsnoun	A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
domiciliationnoun	permanent residence
padnoun	A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
diggingsnoun	temporary living quarters
apartmentnoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
quartersnoun	(by extension) The place where someone or something lives.
bureaunoun	An administrative unit of government; office.
lovenoun	(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
burrowsnoun	An English topographical surname, a variant of Burroughs.
excavatesverb	(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
excavationsnoun	(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
exhumationsnoun	The act of digging up that which has been buried.
likesverb	To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
lovesverb	(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
searchesnoun	The act of searching in general.
widensverb	(transitive) To make wide or wider.
dossnoun	(slang, British and Ireland) The avoidance of work.
diggnoun	Alternative form of dig (“a duck”). [An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.]
dossernoun	(British, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
dinsnoun	(colloquial) Dinner.