Dig

Pronunciation: dĭg

v. t.

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.

[imp. & p. p. Dug (dŭg) or Digged (dĭgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Digging. - Digged is archaic.]

Be first to dig the ground.

- Dryden.

To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.

To thrust; to poke.

You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls.

- Robynson (More's Utopia).

To like; enjoy; admire.

To dig down
to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.

To dig from
to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes.

To dig in
a -	to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.
b -	To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; - used of warfare or negotiating situations.

to dig in one's heels
To offer stubborn resistance.

v. i.

To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.

Dig for it more than for hid treasures.

- Job iii. 21.

I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.

- Luke xvi. 3.

(Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

To work hard or drudge;

Peter dug at his books all the harder.

- Paul L. Ford.

(Mach.) Of a tool: To cut deeply into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the work.

To dig out
to depart; to leave, esp. hastily; decamp.

v. t.

To understand; as, do you dig me?.

To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!.

To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock.

A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.

A plodding and laborious student.

A tool for digging.

An act of digging.

An amount to be dug.

(Mining) same as Gouge.

a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs.

An archeological excavation site.

Noun	1.	dig - the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" Synonyms: archeological site, excavation
	2.	dig - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" Synonyms: barb, gibe, jibe, shaft, slam, shot
	3.	dig - a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
	4.	dig - the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" Synonyms: digging, excavation
	5.	dig - the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" Synonyms: jab
Verb	1.	dig - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" Synonyms: cut into, delve, turn over
	2.	dig - create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" Synonyms: dig out
	3.	dig - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms: labour, moil, toil, travail, drudge, fag, labor, grind
	4.	dig - remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" Synonyms: hollow, excavate
	5.	dig - poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" Synonyms: jab, poke, prod, stab
	6.	dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" Synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, savvy, grasp, compass

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