DIG

dig, jab

(noun) the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; “she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs”

excavation, digging, dig

(noun) the act of digging; “there’s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton”

dig

(noun) a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); “the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover”

shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe

(noun) 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”

dig, excavation, archeological site

(noun) the site of an archeological exploration; “they set up camp next to the dig”

grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend

(verb) get the meaning of something; “Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?”

jab, prod, stab, poke, dig

(verb) poke or thrust abruptly; “he jabbed his finger into her ribs”

dig, delve, cut into, turn over

(verb) turn up, loosen, or remove earth; “Dig we must”; “turn over the soil for aeration”

excavate, dig, hollow

(verb) remove the inner part or the core of; “the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”

dig, dig out

(verb) create by digging; “dig a hole”; “dig out a channel”

dig

(verb) thrust down or into; “dig the oars into the water”; “dig your foot into the floor”

dig, dig up, dig out

(verb) remove, harvest, or recover by digging; “dig salt”; “dig coal”

labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil

(verb) work hard; “She was digging away at her math homework”; “Lexicographers drudge all day long”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

DIG (plural DIGs)

(galaxy) Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy.

Synonyms

• dI

Anagrams

• GDI, GDI+, GID, IgD, gid

Etymology 1

Verb

dig (third-person singular simple present digs, present participle digging, simple past and past participle dug)

(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.

(transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.

(mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

(US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

(figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.

To thrust; to poke.

(volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball

Noun

dig (plural digs)

An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.

(US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.

A thrust; a poke.

(UK, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.

(volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.

A cutting, sarcastic remark; a jibe.

Synonyms

• (archaeological investigation): excavation

• (thrust or poke): jab

Etymology 2

Verb

dig (third-person singular simple present digs, present participle digging, simple past and past participle dug)

(slang) To understand or show interest in.

(slang) To appreciate, or like.

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

dig (uncountable)

(medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.

Anagrams

• GDI, GDI+, GID, IgD, gid

Noun

dIG (plural dIGs)

(galaxy) dwarf irregular galaxy

Synonyms

• dI

Anagrams

• GDI, GDI+, GID, IgD, gid

Source: Wiktionary

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Dig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug or Digged (; p. pr. & vb. n. Digging.

– Digged is archaic.] Etym: [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.

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. Be first to dig the ground. Dryden.

2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

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.

4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] 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). To dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.

– To dig from, out of, out, or 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, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.(b) To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare. Also figuratively, esp. in the phrase to dig in one's heels.

Dig, v. i.

1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. Dig for it more than for hid treasures. Job iii. 21. I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3.

2. (Mining)

Definition: To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

3. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.]

Dig, n.

1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t.,

4. [Colloq.]

2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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