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- Dig Dig (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug} (d[u^]g) or
{Digged} (d[i^]gd); 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. [root]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.
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[PJC]
{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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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