Dig
Dig verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.
Read and dig are semantically related in understand topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Dig".
Nearby Words: digging, digged
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Dig and read are semantically related in understand topic. Sometimes you can use "Dig" instead a verb "Read".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good dig | good read |
| better | better dig | better read |
| little | little dig | little read |
| wonderful | wonderful dig | wonderful read |
| Other adjectives: hilarious. | ||
Common collocations
| material | dig material | read material |
| way | dig way | read way |
| information | dig information | read information |
| times | dig times | read times |
Both words in one sentence
- He's Not Good with People, but if he takes any interest in you, he will dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees anything he doesn't approve of, he'll Mind Rape and kill you.
Source: Paranoia Fuel / Anime and Manga - In Holes, Zero agrees to dig Stanley's holes if he'll teach him how to read.
Source: Never Learned to Read -
The Stool Pigeon: Squid and Zigzag rat out Stanley to the Warden for him helping Zero learn to read but having Zero help dig his holes.
Source: Literature / Holes
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