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to redig

to redig

7.2
To dig a hole again, for example after it falls in
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈdɪɡ/
translation icon : volver a excavar
  • The construction crew had to redig the foundations after discovering a plumbing issue.

you know, do you having to redig maybe back through the process of investing and just looking at that company again?

Examples

  • There was no sense in digging too big a hole, and it would be a waste to have to redig if it was not large enough.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • No no no it'll take hours to redig, it's over Bill, forget it.

    The War Below (2021)

  • you know, do you having to redig maybe back through the process of investing and just looking at that company again?

    Evan Carmichael

  • (The shorter squiggly line is where Husband had to redig the water.

    Blog text (18)

  • "We can't redig Gatecliff, we can't redig Alta Toquima, but if we did it again we'd be sure to have a big native component," Thomas says of the Nevada sites.

    Academic text (2007)

  • "We can't redig Gatecliff, we can't redig Alta Toquima, but if we did it again we'd be sure to have a big native component," Thomas says of the Nevada sites.

    Academic text (2007)

  • After the recent storm, they needed to redig the trenches to fix the drainage.

  • She realized it was necessary to redig the area for the new landscaping design.

Surface Forms

redig infinitive
redigging present participle
redigs third person singular
redid past
redone past participle

Morphology

redig = dig (transparent) = re + dig

This is a standard and fully compositional use of re- meaning 'again' added to the verb 'dig'.

Etymology

Redig comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb dig, so it literally means 'dig again'. So, to redig is to dig something again after it has already been dug.