dig : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dig	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for dig
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dig n the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" Synonym(s): dig, excavation, archeological site 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(s): shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover" the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" Synonym(s): excavation, digging, dig the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" Synonym(s): dig, jab v turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" Synonym(s): dig, delve, cut into, turn over create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" Synonym(s): dig, dig out work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonym(s): labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal" Synonym(s): dig, dig up, dig out thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor" remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" Synonym(s): excavate, dig, hollow poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" Synonym(s): jab, prod, stab, poke, dig get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" Synonym(s): grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dig \Dig\, n. 1. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.] 2. An act of digging. 3. An amount to be dug. 4. (Mining) = {Gouge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dig \Dig\, v. i. 1. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.] Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L. Ford. 2. (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. {To dig out}, to depart; to leave, esp. hastily; decamp. [Slang, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dig \Dig\, v. i. 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. Dig for it more than for hid treasures. --Job iii. 21. I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. --Luke xvi. 3. 2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. 3. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; 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. [?][?][?].] 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. [Colloq.] 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). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {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}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dig \Dig\, n. 1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See {Dig}, v. t., 4. [Colloq.] 2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]