dig
n.
excavation; jab, poke; mean or sarcastic remark; summary of a body of laws; digest
v.
burrow, hoe; like (Slang); understand; start, begin enthusiastically; entrench oneself
Dig
Dig may refer to:the process of archaeological
excavationDiG!, a 2004 documentary film
Weekly Dig, an alternative newsweekly in Boston, Massachusetts
Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts), a project in Boston, Masschusetts
Big Dig (Regina, Saskatchewan), a project in Saskatchewan, CanadaDig, in
volleyball, a forearm pass of a hard-driven ball
Digg, a community-based popularity website
Dig Dug, a 1980s arcade game
The Dig, a Lucasarts computer game
The Dig (novel), a 2007 novel about the excavation of
Sutton HooABC DiG, an Australian digital radio service
Digging (poem), poem by Seamus Haney
"Dig" (Incubus song), a song by Incubus
"Dig" (Mudvayne song), a song by Mudvayne
Dig, a 2001
Rhythm and
Blues album by Guitarists and singer
Boz ScaggsDig, a 1993
jazz album by pianist
Toshiko AkiyoshiDig, a 1993 album by
alternative rock band
I Mother Earth
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dig
Noun
1. the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
(synonym) excavation, archeological site
(hypernym) site, land site
(hyponym) Byblos
(derivation) excavate, hollow
(classification) archeology, archaeology
2. 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"
(synonym) shot, shaft, slam, barb, jibe, gibe
(hypernym) remark, comment
(hyponym) cheap shot
3. a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
(hypernym) dent, gouge, nick
4. the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
(synonym) excavation, digging
(hypernym) creating by removal
(derivation) excavate, hollow
5. the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
(synonym) jab
(hypernym) touch, touching
(derivation) jab, prod, stab, poke
Verb
1. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
(synonym) delve, cut into, turn over
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) furrow, rut, groove
(see-also) excavate, dig up, turn up
(derivation) excavation, archeological site
2. create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"
(synonym) dig out
(hypernym) hollow, hollow out, core out
(hyponym) lift
(entail) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(derivation) excavation, digging
3. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
(synonym) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, moil
(hypernym) work, do work
4. remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
(synonym) excavate, hollow
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) drive
(derivation) excavation, archeological site
5. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
(synonym) jab, prod, stab, poke
(hypernym) thrust
(derivation) jab
6. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
(synonym) get the picture, comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend
(hypernym) understand
(hyponym) figure
Dig
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To thrust; to poke.
(v. t.)
To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
(v. t.)
To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
(v. t.)
A plodding and laborious student.
(v. i.)
To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.
(v. i.)
To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
(v. i.)
To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
(n.)
A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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