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Dig Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dig? [n] the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [n] the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [n] 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" [n] the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" [v] get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [v] poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [v] turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [v] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" [v] create by digging, of cavities; "dig a hole" [v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dig: apprehend \| barb \| compass \| comprehend \| cut into \| delve \| digging \| drudge \| excavation \| excavation \| fag \| get the picture \| gibe \| grasp \| grind \| hollow \| jab \| jab \| jibe \| labor \| labour \| moil \| poke \| prod \| savvy \| shaft \| shot \| slam \| stab \| toil \| travail \| turn over Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dig: 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 See Also \| burrow \| catch on \| comment \| core out \| cotton on \| creating by removal \| dibble \| dig in \| dig out \| dig up \| digest \| ditch \| do work \| drive \| excavate \| figure \| furrow \| get it \| get onto \| groove \| hollow out \| horn in \| intrude into \| intuit \| land site \| latch on \| lift \| meddle with \| pitch in \| poke into \| remark \| remove \| root \| rootle \| rout \| rut \| shovel \| site \| spade \| take \| take away \| thrust \| touch \| touching \| trench \| trowel \| tumble \| tunnel \| turn up \| twig \| understand \| withdraw \| work Dig In Webster's Dictionary \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; 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. ???.] 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. [Colloq.] 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. \Dig\, v. i. 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. (Mining) 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. [Cant, U.S.] \Dig\, n. 1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See {Dig}, v. t., 4. [Colloq.] 2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.] \Dig\, v. i. 1. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.] Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L. Ford. 2. (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.] \Dig\, n. 1. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.] 2. An act of digging. 3. An amount to be dug. 4. (Mining) = {Gouge}.

Dig Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dig?

[n] the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
[n] the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
[n] 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"
[n] the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
[v] get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
[v] poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
[v] turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
[v] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
[v] create by digging, of cavities; "dig a hole"
[v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

Dig In Webster's Dictionary

\Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; 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. ???.]
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. [Colloq.]

         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.


\Dig\, v. i.
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. (Mining) 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. [Cant, U.S.]


\Dig\, n.
1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the
   ribs. See {Dig}, v. t., 4. [Colloq.]

2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]


\Dig\, v. i.
1. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study
   ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.]

         Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L.
                                               Ford.

2. (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.]


\Dig\, n.
1. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.]

2. An act of digging.

3. An amount to be dug.

4. (Mining) = {Gouge}.

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