dig

verb9

1. •
   to move earth, sand or stones out of the way to make a hole

   • They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road.
   • In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.
2. •
   To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.

   • to dig potatoes
3. •
   To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
4. •
   (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
5. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To appreciate, or like.

   • Baby, I dig you.
6. •
   To thrust; to poke.

   • He dug an elbow into my ribs and guffawed at his own joke.
7. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To understand.

   • You dig?
8. •
   To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
9. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

   • Peter dug at his books all the harder. — 1894

noun12

1. •
   An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
2. •
   A cutting, sarcastic remark.

   • Buckram ! that's a dig at my trade. — 1838
3. •
   Any act of digging to find or retrieve something.
4. •
   The occupation of digging for gold.
5. •
   A thrust; a poke.

   • He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.
6. •
   A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
7. •
   (slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
8. •
   An innings.
9. •
   (dialect, old-fashioned) A tool for digging.
10. •
    (informal, old-fashioned) A plodding and laborious student.
11. •
    (slang, no longer used) A hard blow, especially (boxing) a straight left-hander delivered under the opponent's guard.

    • […] 'let him go, I tell you, or I'll be after breaking your ugly mug,' and with that I gave him a dig that knocked him into smithereens. — 1836
12. •
    (no longer used) A duck.

    • Powltrey, &c, &c. Item ten turkeys … Item three Digs [an old Cheshire word for duck] and a Drake … Item ffower Capons … [The word's gloss has been inserted by Earwaker] — 1616

noun1

1. •
   (informal) Digoxin.

noun1

1. •
   dwarf irregular galaxy