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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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Thesaurus Results for Dig:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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