Dig
Definition of Dig
Pronunciation: dĭg | v. t. | 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. | | 5. | To like; enjoy; admire. | | v. i. | 1. | To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. | | 2. | (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. | | 3. | To work hard or drudge; | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To understand; as, do you dig me?. | | 2. | To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. | | 3. | To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock. | | n. | 1. | A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. | | 2. | A plodding and laborious student. | | 3. | A tool for digging. | | 4. | An act of digging. | | 5. | An amount to be dug. | | 6. | (Mining) same as Gouge. | | 7. | a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs. | | 8. | An archeological excavation site. |
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