"Digging" Quizzizz

very tight or close-fitting

• snug

• rasping

• spade

• straining

a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.

• stooping

• rasping

• spade

• straining

make a strenuous and continuous effort.

OR

injure (a limb, muscle, or organ) by overexerting it or twisting it awkwardly.

• stooping

• rasping

• straining

• nestled

make a harsh, grating noise

• stooping

• rasping

• lug

• nestled

be encumbered with

OR

an uncouth, aggressive man

• stooping

• bog

• lug

• nestled

bend one's head or body forward and downward

OR

lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible

• stooping

• bog

• levered

• nestled

settle or lie comfortably within or against something

• heaving

• bog

• levered

• nestled

move (someone or something) with a concerted physical effort

• heaving

• bog

• levered

• inertia

lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort

OR

produce (a sigh)

• heaving

• bog

• churn

• inertia

wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body

OR

be prevented from making progress in a task or activity

• rupture

• bog

• churn

• inertia