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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underdig.wav|a=US}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{pre|en|under-|dig}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|underdigs|underdigging|underdug}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[dig#Verb|dig]] under or beneath (something); to [[undermine#Verb|undermine]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Adam Roberts (British writer)|Adam Roberts]]|title=By Light Alone|location=London|publisher=[[w:Victor Gollancz|Gollancz]]|year=2011|page=348|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bylightalone0000robe_f8f3/page/348/mode/1up|isbn=9780575083646|passage=Issa found a place where the fence had been '''underdug''', and thought about sneaking into the town. But she couldn't think of anything she wanted to do in there.}}

===Etymology 2===
{{blend|en|understand|dig|t2=to understand}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|underdigs|underdigging|underdug}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|AAVE|slang}} To fully [[understand#Verb|understand]] or [[comprehend#Verb|comprehend]].
#* {{quote-song|en|artist=[[w:Turk (rapper)|Turk]]|feat=[[w:B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]]|title=Uptown|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0pCnDfE-NM|album=[[w:Baller Blockin' (soundtrack)|Baller Blockin']]|time=2:06|date=12 September 2000|passage=Fuck givin' body shots I'm hittin' you in yo wig / Ya '''underdig'''?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:K'wan Foye|title=Hood Rat|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Saint Martin's Griffin|year=2006|page=308|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/hoodrat00kwan/page/308/mode/1up|isbn=9780312360085|passage=Niggaz know who I be and what I represent, so my hood stripes could never be in question, you '''underdig''' me? I ain't trying to shit on they character, they went out like straight Gs.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Carolyn Light Bell|chapter=All He Saw Was Summer|title=I Heard a Fish Cry: And Other Stories|location=Lisbon|publisher=Adelaide Books|year=2018|page=193|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/iheardfishcryoth0000caro/page/193/mode/1up|isbn=9780999645109|passage={{...}} there are these pipes and boughs and heifer cows and the cows represent the young maidens who are "overwrought" and there are musicians playing songs and people who really like '''underdig''' the parade but feel sorta depressed because they know the time will be gone soon like a memory and it's all very cool and written in rhyme which we studied.}}

===References===
* {{R:Greens|id=lig3a3q|pos=v}}
* {{R:Right Rhymes|underdig}}
* {{R:OED Online|pos=v}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ddeginru|ungirded|unridged}}