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verb Dig v. t. (past & past part. dug, digged is archaic; pres. part. digging) 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." 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." 5.To like; enjoy; admire. "The whole class digs Pearl Jam." (Colloq.) 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.
dig v. t. (past & past part. dug, digged is archaic; pres. part. digging) 1.To understand; as, do you dig me?. (slang) 2.To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. (slang) 3.To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock. (slang)
Dig v. i. (past & past part. dug, digged is archaic; pres. part. digging) 1.To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. "Dig for it more than for hid treasures." "I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed." 2.(Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. 3.To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. (Colloq.) "Peter dug at his books all the harder." 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.)
noun 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.) 3.A tool for digging. (Dial. Eng.) 7.A critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs. 8.An archeological excavation site.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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