Dig and Encourage

Dig

Dig verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.

Encourage and dig are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Dig".

Nearby Words: digging, digged

Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

Dig and encourage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dig" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

way dig way encourage way

Both words in one sentence

  • Apocalypse is actually created for Warhammer 40K both to encourage the sales of rather obscure models (especially Forgeworld Models) as well as to get older players to dig out their full collection to play with.
    Source: Alt-itis
  • Let's Meet the Meat This turns a bit disturbing when Sawaki's given yogurt to settle his stomach, and the lactobacilli in it encourage him to eat up; he is understandably reluctant to dig in, despite their reassurance that they'll be right at home in his digestive tract and it'll be beneficial for both parties.
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