English to English noun
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the site of an archeological exploration | | Example: they set up camp next to the dig
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an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | | Example: his parting shot was `drop dead' she threw shafts of sarcasm she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
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a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) | | Example: the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover
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the act of digging | | Example: there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
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the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow | | Example: she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs
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A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. | | source: webster1913
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A tool for digging. | | source: webster1913 verb
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turn up, loosen, or remove earth | | Example: Dig we must turn over the soil for aeration
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create by digging | | Example: dig a hole dig out a channel
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work hard | | Example: She was digging away at her math homework Lexicographers drudge all day long
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remove, harvest, or recover by digging | | Example: dig salt dig coal
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thrust down or into | | Example: dig the oars into the water dig your foot into the floor
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remove the inner part or the core of | | Example: the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
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poke or thrust abruptly | | Example: he jabbed his finger into her ribs
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get the meaning of something | | Example: Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. | | source: webster1913
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To work hard or drudge; | | source: webster1913
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