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undig

verb
/ʌnˈdɪɡ/

Etymology

From un- + dig.

  1. derived from *dʰeygʷ-✻
  2. derived from *dīkaz✻ — “pool, puddle; dyke, ditch”
  3. derived from *dīkōn✻
  4. derived from dīcian — “to dig a ditch, mound up earth”
  5. inherited from diggen
  6. prefixed as undig — “un + dig”

Definitions

  1. To undo the process of digging

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA