By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man. Than any other man on Toner’s bog. Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up. For the good turf. Digging. Through living roots awaken in my head. But I’ve no spade to follow men like them. The squat pen rests. I’ll dig with it.
DIGGING meaning: 1. present participle of dig 2. the act of breaking up and moving soil or creating a hole in it…. Learn more.
Digging, also referred to as excavation, is the process of using some implement such as claws, hands, manual tools or heavy equipment, to remove material from a solid surface, usually soil, sand or rock on the surface of Earth.
To obtain or unearth by digging: dig coal out of a seam; dug potatoes from a field. b. To obtain or find by an action similar to digging: dug a dollar out of his pocket; dug the puck out of the corner. 4. To learn or discover by careful research or investigation: dug up the evidence; dug out the real facts. 5.
Digging is the activity or process of removing material, typically soil or dirt, from the ground using tools such as shovels or excavators, or even using hands or claws.
Most simply, “Digging” is a poem about work. As the speaker, a writer, holds a pen in one hand, he hears his father, a former farmer, working the ground outside. The speaker admires his father for his determination to work tirelessly and the skill with which he uses a spade.
/ˈdɪgɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: diggings Definitions of digging noun the act of digging synonyms: dig, excavation