'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
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide,
- absorb,
- abysm,
- abyss,
- accept,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assault,
- assimilate,
- back answer,
- backset,
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- be affected,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- be with one,
- bear,
- bear upon,
- bearing,
- beat the bushes,
- beating,
- belt,
- bide,
- biff,
- blow,
- bone,
- bonk,
- boost,
- bore,
- bring in,
- buck,
- bull,
- bulldoze,
- bump,
- bump against,
- bunt,
- burrow,
- butt,
- butt against,
- care about,
- catch,
- catch on,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- caustic remark,
- change color,
- chasm,
- chop,
- clip,
- clout,
- clump,
- color with emotion,
- comeback,
- comprehend,
- con,
- conceive,
- contemplate,
- countersink,
- crack,
- cram,
- crop,
- crop herbs,
- crowd,
- cultivate,
- culture,
- cut,
- cutting remark,
- dash,
- deepen,
- delve,
- depress,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- digest,
- diggings,
- dike,
- dint,
- dive,
- dredge,
- dress,
- drill,
- drive,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drudge,
- drumming,
- dump,
- dwell,
- echo,
- elbow,
- elucubrate,
- empathize with,
- enter,
- examine,
- excavate,
- excavation,
- explore,
- fag,
- fallow,
- fathom,
- fertilize,
- fleer,
- flout,
- follow,
- foolery,
- forage,
- force,
- frisk,
- furrow,
- fusillade,
- gather,
- gather in,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- gibe,
- gibing retort,
- glean,
- go,
- go over,
- go through,
- goad,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grabble,
- grasp,
- grind,
- groove,
- grub,
- gulf,
- hammer,
- hammer away,
- hang out,
- harrow,
- harvest,
- have,
- have it taped,
- hay,
- head,
- hit,
- hoe,
- hunt,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- identify with,
- jab,
- jam,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jest,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- ken,
- knock,
- know,
- learn,
- leg-pull,
- lick,
- like,
- list,
- live,
- look around,
- look round,
- look through,
- lower,
- lucubrate,
- master,
- mind,
- mine,
- mock,
- moil,
- mow,
- mulch,
- nose around,
- nudge,
- nut,
- Parthian shot,
- parting shot,
- peg,
- peg away,
- pelt,
- penetrate,
- peruse,
- pick,
- pierce,
- pile drive,
- pit,
- plod,
- plow,
- pluck,
- plug,
- plug along,
- plug away,
- plunge,
- plunge into,
- plunk,
- poke,
- poke around,
- pore over,
- pound,
- pound away,
- practice,
- press,
- pressure,
- probe,
- prod,
- prune,
- pry,
- punch,
- push,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- quarry,
- quip,
- rake,
- ram,
- ram down,
- rap,
- rattle,
- react,
- read,
- realize,
- reap,
- reap and carry,
- regard studiously,
- relate to emotionally,
- relish,
- research,
- respond,
- restudy,
- review,
- root,
- root out,
- rude reproach,
- run,
- run against,
- sap,
- savvy,
- scoff,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scrabble,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scurrility,
- search,
- search through,
- see,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- shaft,
- shake,
- share,
- short answer,
- shoulder,
- shove,
- shovel,
- sink,
- slam,
- slap,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smell around,
- sock,
- spade,
- stab,
- stick,
- stress,
- stroke,
- study,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- swot,
- sympathize with,
- take,
- take in,
- tamp,
- tattoo,
- taunt,
- thin,
- thin out,
- thrust,
- thump,
- thwack,
- till,
- till the soil,
- toil,
- travail,
- trench,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- twit,
- understand,
- verbal thrust,
- vet,
- wade through,
- weed,
- weed out,
- well,
- whack,
- whop,
- work,
- work away,
- workings,
- yerk