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Definition of Dig

1. Verb. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. "Turn over the soil for aeration"

2. Noun. The site of an archeological exploration. "They set up camp next to the dig"

3. Verb. Create by digging. "Dig out a channel"

4. Noun. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. "She takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

5. Verb. Work hard. "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

6. 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"

7. Verb. Remove, harvest, or recover by digging. "Dig coal"

8. Noun. The act of digging. "There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

9. Verb. Thrust down or into. "Dig your foot into the floor"

10. Noun. The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow. "She gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"

11. Verb. Remove the inner part or the core of. "They dig the trees"; "The mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

12. Verb. Poke or thrust abruptly. "He jabbed his finger into her ribs"

13. Verb. Get the meaning of something. "Sam and Sue dig the movie "; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

Definition of Dig

1. 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.

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

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

4. v. i. To work hard or drudge;

5. n. A tool for digging.

Definition of Dig

1. Acronym. (galaxy) dwarf irregular galaxy ¹

2. Initialism. (galaxy) dwarf irregular galaxy ¹

3. Verb. To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill etc. through rocks, roads, etc. ¹

4. Noun. An archeological investigation ¹

5. Noun. ''See'' '''digs''' ¹

6. Verb. (slang) To understand or show interest in. ¹

7. Verb. (slang) To appreciate, or like. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dig

1. to break up, turn over, or remove earth [v DUG or DIGGED, DIGGING, DIGS]

Medical Definition of Dig

1. 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. "Be first to dig the ground." (Dryden) 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. 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. 4. 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 dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. To dig from, out of, out, or 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, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. Origin: Dug or Digged; 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. 1. 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) 2. To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. 3. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dig

difluorocarbenes difluorodiazene difluorodiazenes difluoroethane difluoroethanes difluoromethane difluoromethanes difluoromonochloromethane difluoropine difs

difucosyl difunctional difunctionally difuran difurans dig (current term) dig deep dig in dig in one's heels dig into

dig one's own grave dig out dig out of a hole dig up dig up dirt digable digallane digallanes digamies

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