dig
    n 1: the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp
         next to the dig" [syn: dig, excavation, archeological
         site]
    2: 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]
    3: a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in
       good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
    4: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going
       on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging, dig]
    5: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or
       elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: dig,
       jab]
    v 1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over
         the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into,
         turn over]
    2: create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" [syn:
       dig, dig out]
    3: 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]
    4: remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig
       coal" [syn: dig, dig up, dig out]
    5: thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your
       foot into the floor"
    6: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
       wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig,
       hollow]
    7: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
       [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig]
    8: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning
       of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture,
       comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass,
       apprehend]

Dig \Dig\, v. i.
   1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do
      servile work; to delve.
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            Dig for it more than for hid treasures. --Job iii.
                                                  21.
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            I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.   --Luke xvi. 3.
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   2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from
      making excavations in search of ore.
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   3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study
      ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.]
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            Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L.
                                                  Ford.
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   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.]
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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.
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            Be first to dig the ground.           --Dryden.
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   2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
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   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.
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   4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]
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            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).
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   5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam.
      [Colloq.]
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   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.
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dig \dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t.
   1. To understand; as, do you dig me?. [slang]
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   2. To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. [slang]
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   3. To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as
      well as rock. [slang]
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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.]
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   2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
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   3. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.]
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   4. An act of digging.
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   5. An amount to be dug.
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   6. (Mining) same as Gouge.
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   7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark,
      but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must
      suffer through countless digs.
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   8. An archeological excavation site.
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