Dig and Lay

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Dig

Dig verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.
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Lay and dig are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lay" instead a verb "Dig".
Nearby Words: digging, digged

Lay

Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
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Dig and lay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dig" instead a verb "Lay".
Nearby Words: laying, laid

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Common collocations

body dig body lay body
trap dig trap lay trap
way dig way lay way
times dig times lay times
Other words: mines, foundations, paths.

Both words in one sentence

  • Its upgrades let it dig harbours, drill tunnels, lay tracks, fly with rocket engines, and create sheep.
    Source: Video Game / Grow
  • Instead, attackers had to dig entrenchments parallel to the thinner curtain wall they intended to breach, alternating between zig-zagging trenches and straight, parallel ones for the cannons to lay down suppressive fire, inching forward for months in this leapfrogging pattern.
    Source: The Siege
  • Literature / The Lords of Creation The "very weird dig" in Arizona that was the only exciting thing to happen to Jeremy Wainman before he went to Mars appears to be the cave in which John Carter's body lay during his first astral trip to Barsoom.
    Source: Literature / The Lords of Creation
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