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Dig (dĭg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (dŭg) or Digged (dĭgd); 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. √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.
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Be first to dig the ground.
Dryden.
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2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
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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.
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4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]
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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).
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5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam. [Colloq.]
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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.
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Dig, v. i. 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.
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Dig for it more than for hid treasures.
Job iii. 21.
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I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.
Luke xvi. 3.
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2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
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3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.]
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Peter dug at his books all the harder.
Paul L. Ford.
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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.]
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dig (dĭg), v. t. 1. To understand; as, do you dig me?. [slang]
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2. To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. [slang]
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3. To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock. [slang]
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Dig, n. 1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. [Colloq.]
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2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
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3. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.]
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4. An act of digging.
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5. An amount to be dug.
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6. (Mining) same as Gouge.
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7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs.
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8. An archeological excavation site.
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