Dig Definition

dĭg
digging, digs, dug
verb
digging, digs, dug
To break and turn up or remove (ground, etc.) with a spade or other tool, or with hands, claws, snout, etc.
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To dig the ground or any surface.
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To make or form by removing earth or other material.
Dig a trench; dug my way out of the snow.
American Heritage
To uncover and get from the ground or another surface in this way.
To dig potatoes, to dig a nail out of a board.
Webster's New World
To work or study hard.
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noun
digs
A thrust, poke, nudge, etc.
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The act of digging.
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A sarcastic comment; taunt; gibe.
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An archaeological excavation or its site.
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Living quarters; lodgings.
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abbreviation
Digest.
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(astronomy) Dwarf irregular galaxy.
Wiktionary
idiom
dig in (one's) heels
  • To resist opposition stubbornly; refuse to yield or compromise.
American Heritage
dig it out
  • To run as fast as one can, especially as a base runner in baseball.
American Heritage
dig in
  • to dig trenches or foxholes for cover
  • to entrench oneself
Webster's New World
dig in one's heels
  • to refuse to give up or modify one's opinion, policy, attitude, etc., esp. when faced with opposition
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dig into
  • to penetrate by or as by digging
  • to work hard at
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Other Word Forms of Dig

Noun

Singular:
dig
Plural:
digs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dig

Origin of Dig

  • Middle English diggen perhaps akin to Old French digue dike, trench dhīgw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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