undig

U1N1D2I1G2
/ʌnˈdɪɡ/

verb

To undo the process of digging; to fill up (a hole or grave) or bury again (something unearthed).

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Meanings

verbundig (third-person singular simple present undigs, present participle undigging, simple past and past participle undug)

present singular third person undigs · participle present undigging · participle past undug · past undug

  1. transitiveTo undo the process of digging; to fill up (a hole or grave) or bury again (something unearthed).

    1824-1832, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village Tom Cordery dead! the words seem almost a contradiction. One is tempted to send for the sexton and the undertaker, to undig the grave, to force open the coffin-lid — there must he some mistake.

    1 more example

    […] let that father go into the line of the reg'lar diggin', and make amends for what he would have undug […]

    1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Origin

From un- + dig.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Dugingundignudi
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APA

undig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undig

MLA

“undig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undig.

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