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Definition of 'DIG'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) dig
to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.

2.  dig
to make one's way or work by or as if by removing or turning over material:
to dig through the files.

3. (v.t.) dig
to break up, turn over, or loosen (earth, sand, etc.), as with a shovel (often fol. by up).

4.  dig
to form or excavate (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.

5.  dig
to unearth, obtain, or remove by digging (often fol. by up or out).

6.  dig
to find or discover by effort or search.

7.  dig
to poke, thrust, or force:
He dug his heels into the ground.

8.  dig
dig in,

9.  dig
to maintain one's opinion or position.

10.  dig
Informal. to start eating.

11.  dig
dig out,

12.  dig
to hollow out by digging.

13.  dig
to find by searching.

14.  dig
dig up,

15.  dig
to discover as in the course of digging.

16. (n.) dig
a thrust; poke:
a dig in the ribs.

17.  dig
a cutting, sarcastic remark.

18.  dig
an archaeological site undergoing excavation.

19.  dig
Informal. living quarters; lodgings.

20. (v.t.) dig
to understand:
Can you dig what I'm saying?

21.  dig
to take notice of:
Dig those shoes he's wearing.

22.  dig
to like or enjoy.

23. (v.i.) dig
to understand.

Etymology: (1935–40)

Definition of 'DIG'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dig, excavation, archeological site
the site of an archeological exploration
"they set up camp next to the dig"

2. (noun) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe
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"

3. (noun) dig
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. (noun) excavation, digging, dig
the act of digging
"there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

5. (verb) dig, jab
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
"she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"

6. (verb) dig, delve, cut into, turn over
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
"Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

7. (verb) dig, dig out
create by digging
"dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"

8. (verb) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

9. (verb) dig, dig up, dig out
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
"dig salt"; "dig coal"

10. (verb) dig
thrust down or into
"dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"

11. (verb) excavate, dig, hollow
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

12. (verb) jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

13. (verb) grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

Definition of 'DIG'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) dig
to remove dirt from the ground
kids digging in the sand; to dig a hole; miners digging for gold

Definition of 'DIG'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) DIG
a thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4

2. (verb) DIG
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

3. (verb) DIG
to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold

4. (verb) DIG
to hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well

5. (verb) DIG
to thrust; to poke

6. (verb) DIG
to work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve

7. (verb) DIG
to take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore

8. (verb) DIG
to work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously

9. (verb) DIG
a plodding and laborious student

Translation of 'DIG'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to turn up (earth) with a spade etc to dig the garden.
Afrikaans: spit	Arabic: يَحْرُث، يَنْكُش	Bulgarian: копая
Brazilian: cavar	Czech: kopat, rýt	German: umgraben
Danish: grave	Greek: σκάβω	Spanish: cavar
Estonian: kaevama	Farsi: کندن؛ حفر کردن	Finnish: kaivaa
French: bêcher	Hebrew: לַחפּוֹר	Hindi: खोदना
Croatian: kopati	Hungarian: ás	Indonesian: menggali
Icelandic: grafa með skóflu	Italian: scavare	Japanese: 掘る
Korean: 파헤치다	Lithuanian: kasti	Latvian: rakt
Malay: menggali	Dutch: spitten	Norwegian: spa/grave opp
Polish: kopać	Persian: کندن؛ حفر کردن	Pashto: كينل، كيندل
Portuguese: cavar	Romanian: a săpa	Russian: копать
Slovak: kopať	Slovenian: prekopati	Serbian: kopati
Swedish: gräva, gräva i	Thai: ขุด	Turkish: kazmak
Taiwanese: 掘(土)	Ukrainian: копати	Urdu: کھودنا
Vietnamese: xới đất	Chinese: 掘（土）
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