Dig
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
"She gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
(2) The act of digging
"There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
(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) 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"
(5) The site of an archeological exploration
"They set up camp next to the dig"
verb
(6) Get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
(7) Poke or thrust abruptly
"He jabbed his finger into her ribs"
(8) Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
"Dig we must"
"Turn over the soil for aeration"
(9) Remove the inner part or the core of
"The mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
(10) Create by digging
"Dig a hole"
"Dig out a channel"
(11) Work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
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Etymology
From Middle English diggen, probably cognate with dike, ditch, Dutch dijk, French digue, diguer, German Deich, Romanian dig, Spanish dique, etc.
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.
- They dug an eight foot deep ditch along the side of the road.
- In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.
- If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
- To research a particular subject.
- She is going to dig into Egyptian basket-weaving this semester.
- To appreciate, or like.
- Baby, I dig you.
- To understand or show interest in.
- You dig?