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dig
Verb
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If you dig a hole, you make it bigger by removing material, usually using a shovel or your hands.
You will need to dig the hole larger than the roots of the tree you want to plant.
They've been digging for gold for months, but they haven't found a thing.
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If you dig somewhere for something, you look there for it.
He dug in his pocket for another ten cents.
After digging through the files, he finally found what he was looking for.
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If you dig something, you take it out of the ground, usually using a shovel.
Can you go out to the garden and dig some onions?
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If you dig up dirt on someone, you find hidden information that can hurt them.
Before the trial, they dug up a bunch of dirt on her.
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If you dig a hole for yourself, you make your own problems.
Mr. Bush has dug himself a hole that he can't get out of.
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If you dig something, you like it.
I really dig your new car.
dig
Noun
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A dig is a short negative comment about someone.
In a dig at the teacher, he said she's lucky to be right even once in a while.
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A dig is a place where people are digging.
There's a dig in the middle of the city where they found some old bones.
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Your digs is the room that you rent to live in.
fill
Verb
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If you fill something, you put something in it until there is no space left.
She added some games to fill the gap in the schedule.
His eyes filled with tears as he watched her walk away.
She filled the car up with gas.
He's so mean, he just fills me with anger every time I think of him.
Suddenly, the screen was filled with light.
I fill up the dog's new dish to the top and stick it on the floor.
Instead of eating a good dinner she just fills up on bread.
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If you fill in something, you give the missing information, especially personal information on a form.
She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit.
When I got back, she filled me in on what had been happening.
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If you fill out, your body reaches its adult shape, especially women's breasts and men's shoulders.
fill
Noun
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The full amount of food or drink that a person can eat or drink.
Don't feed him any more, he's had his fill.
I've had my fill of alcohol for tonight.
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Fill is extra material, often of low quality, used to give something more volume.
They used the rocks as fill under the new house.
up
Preposition
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Toward the top or toward the sky.
The balloon went up.
up
Adjective
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In a high position.
The flag is up.
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.
It was an up day.
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optimistic.
He is feeling up.
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Put in trust, entrusted.
It is up to you.
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ing, occurring.
What’s up?
They act like something is up.
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.
Something is up with him.
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Planning, plotting mischief.
He is up to something.
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ed.
It is all up with them.
up
Noun
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State of being up, often with down.
Life has its ups and downs.
up
Verb
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Increase, increment.
We upped the dosage.