'Dig' definitions:

Definition of 'dig'

(from WordNet)
noun
The site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" [syn: dig, excavation, archeological site]
noun
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" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe]
noun
A small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
noun
The act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging, dig]
noun
The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: dig, jab]
verb
Turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into, turn over]
verb
Create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" [syn: dig, dig out]
verb
Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
verb
Remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal" [syn: dig, dig up, dig out]
verb
Thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
verb
Remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig, hollow]
verb
Poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig]
verb
Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend]

Definition of 'Dig'

From: GCIDE
  • Dig \Dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (d[u^]g) or Digged (d[i^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Digging. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see Dike, Ditch); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [root]67.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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). [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam. [Colloq.] [PJC]
  • To dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.
  • To dig from, To dig out of, To dig out, To dig up, 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Dig'

From: GCIDE
  • Dig \Dig\, n.
  • 1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. An act of digging. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 5. An amount to be dug. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 6. (Mining) same as Gouge. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs. [PJC]
  • 8. An archeological excavation site. [PJC]

Definition of 'Dig'

From: GCIDE
  • Dig \Dig\, v. i.
  • 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. [1913 Webster]
  • Dig for it more than for hid treasures. --Job iii. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. --Luke xvi. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L. Ford. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. (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. [Slang, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'dig'

From: GCIDE
  • dig \dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t.
  • 1. To understand; as, do you dig me?. [slang] [PJC]
  • 2. To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. [slang] [PJC]
  • 3. To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock. [slang] [PJC]

Synonyms of 'dig'

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Words containing 'Dig'