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Dig \Dig\, v. i.
1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do
servile work; to delve.
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Dig for it more than for hid treasures. --Job iii.
21.
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I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. --Luke xvi. 3.
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2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from
making excavations in search of ore.
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3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study
ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.]
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Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L.
Ford.
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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.

{To dig out}, to depart; to leave, esp. hastily; decamp.
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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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{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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dig \dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t.
1. To understand; as, do you dig me?. [slang]
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2. To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. [slang]
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3. To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as
well as rock. [slang]
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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.]
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2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
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3. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.]
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4. An act of digging.
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5. An amount to be dug.
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6. (Mining) same as {Gouge}.
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7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark,
but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must
suffer through countless digs.
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8. An archeological excavation site.
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