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Dig (dĭg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (dŭg) or Digged (dĭgd); 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. √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. [Colloq.]
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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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Dug (dŭg), n. [Akin to Sw. dägga to suckle (a child), Dan. dægge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. √66.] A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.
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With mother's dug between its lips. Shak.
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Dug, imp. & p. p. of Dig.
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