What does DIG mean?
Definitions for DIG
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word DIG.
Princeton's WordNet
dig, excavation, archeological sitenoun
the site of an archeological exploration
"they set up camp next to the dig"
shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibenoun
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"
dignoun
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
"the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
excavation, digging, dignoun
the act of digging
"there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
dig, jabverb
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
"she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
dig, delve, cut into, turn oververb
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
"Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
dig, dig outverb
create by digging
"dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
dig, dig up, dig outverb
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
"dig salt"; "dig coal"
digverb
thrust down or into
"dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
excavate, dig, hollowverb
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
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Dignoun
a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs.
Dignoun
An archeological excavation site.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DIGverb
preter. dug, or digged; part. pass. dug, or digged.
Etymology: dic , Saxon, a ditch; dyger, Danish, to dig.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall; and when I had digged in the wall, I beheld a door. Ezek. viii. 8.
Seek with heart and mouth to build up the walks of Jerusalem, which you have broken down; and to fill up the mines that you have digged by craft and subtlety, to overthrow the same. John Whitgift.
He built towers in the desert, and digged many wells; for he had much cattle. 2 Chro. xxvi. 10.
The walls of your garden, without their furniture, look as ill as those of your house; so that you cannot dig up your garden too often. William Temple.
Be first to dig the ground, be first to burn
The branches lopt. John Dryden, Virg. Georg. ii.A rav’nous vulture in his open’d side,
Her crooked beak and cruel talons try’d;
Still for the growing liver digg’d his breast,
The growing liver still supply’d the feast. John Dryden, Æn.It is digged out of even the highest mountains, and indeed all other parts of the earth contingently and indifferently; as the pyrites. John Woodward.
Nor was the ground alone requir’d to bear
Her annual income to the crooked share;
But greedy mortals, rummaging her store,
Digg’d from her entrails first the precious ore. John Dryden, Ovid.To Digverb
To work with a spade; to work in making holes, or turning the ground.
They long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than far hid treasures. Job iii. 21.
They have often dug into lands that are described in old authors, as the places where such particular statues or obelisks stood, and have seldom failed of success in their pursuits. Joseph Addison, Travels.
Wikipedia
Dig
Dig is the debut single by the American heavy metal band Mudvayne from the band's debut studio album L. D. 50. A music video was released for the song on April 10, 2000 and it later won the first ever MTV2 Award. It is also one of the band's most well-known songs, being certified gold in the United States A live version of the song taken from the Tattoo the Earth tour appears on the live album Tattoo the Earth: The First Crusade.
ChatGPT
dig
To dig means to break up and move earth, soil, or other materials with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, or snouts. It can also mean to make efforts to discover facts or information, often about something secret or complex.
Webster Dictionary
Digverb
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
Digverb
to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold
Digverb
to hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well
Digverb
to thrust; to poke
Digverb
to work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve
Digverb
to take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore
Digverb
to work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously
Dignoun
a thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4
Digverb
a plodding and laborious student
Etymology: [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. 67.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dig
dig, v.t. to excavate: to turn up the earth: to cultivate with a spade: to poke or thrust, as one's elbow into another's side, or spurs into a horse.—v.i. to till the ground; to occupy one's self in digging; (U.S. slang) to study hard:—pr.p. dig′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. dug, (B.) digged.—n. a thrust, a poke: (U.S. slang) a hard student.—adj. Dig′gable, that may be dug.—n. Dig′ger, a person or animal that digs: a machine for digging, as a steam-digger.—n.pl. Dig′gings, places where mining is carried on, esp. for gold: (slang, orig. American) lodgings, rooms.—Dig in, to cover over by digging: to work hard; Dig out (U.S. slang), to decamp.—Digger Indians, degraded Indian tribes of California and Nevada, who live by digging roots. [Prob. O. Fr. diguer, to dig; of Teut. origin.]
Rap Dictionary
digverb
To understand; "can you dig it?"
digverb
To like.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of DIG in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of DIG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of DIG in a Sentence
I'm never surprised at the depth of racism in Middle America, the depths of it are limitless. There is a well you can dig into if you are white that justifies almost any level of abuse that you can direct at a black person that challenges your comfort zone.
Most people live in apartment blocks on top of each other. We don’t have individuals with houses and gardens where you can go out and dig a hole and try to bury a body, you’re never really alone; your neighbors are above you, below you, next to you. Anything out of the ordinary will catch someone’s attention.
In the athletic industry, no-one is fast at what they are doing, so there is an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage by being faster at what we do, we're not out there to compete with the likes of H&M and Zara in the pure sense, but if they are going to dig into our territory ... we are going to dig into that territory with what we have to offer.
We camouflage headquarters, and cars, and dig trenches.
We must find a way to protect the tomb of Tutankhamun, does that mean we will dig from above, below or from the side? We don't know.
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