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Dug

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foundverbTo start (an institution or organization).
lovedBeing the object of love.
boredSuffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
readyverb(transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
signverb(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
dougnounA diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
burrowedverb(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.
deepenedhaving accumulated or become more intense
diggedverb(transitive, intransitive) 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.
drilledtrained in a skill by repetitious practice
gougedverb(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
increasedmade greater in size or amount or degree
inspectedverbTo examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
likedfound pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
scourednounWool that has undergone scouring to remove grease.
searchedverb(transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
spadedverbTo turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
sunkdoomed to extinction
widenedverb(transitive) To make wide or wider.
delvedverb(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

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