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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


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Dig
Dig may refer to:the process of archaeological excavationDiG!, a 2004 documentary filmWeekly Dig, an alternative newsweekly in Boston, MassachusettsBig Dig (Boston, Massachusetts), a project in Boston, MasschusettsBig Dig (Regina, Saskatchewan), a project in Saskatchewan, CanadaDig, in volleyball, a forearm pass of a hard-driven ballDigg, a community-based popularity websiteDig Dug, a 1980s arcade gameThe Dig, a Lucasarts computer gameThe Dig (novel), a 2007 novel about the excavation of Sutton HooABC DiG, an Australian digital radio serviceDigging (poem), poem by Seamus Haney"Dig" (Incubus song), a song by Incubus"Dig" (Mudvayne song), a song by MudvayneDig, 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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ABC DiG
dig is a digital radio service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which began in November 2002, emerging from formats developed by Bill Gates and Phil Cullen at ABC Coast FM ...which broadcast an Adult Alternative music format and was for many years ABC Radio's only continuous stream.
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DiG!
DiG! is a 2004 documentary film directed by Ondi Timoner, and produced by Ondi TimonerVasco Nunes and David Timoner. Compiled from seven years of footage, it contrasts the developing careers of the bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the bands' respective frontmen Courtney Taylor and Anton Newcombe. It won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
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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


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
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.
  

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