dig
dig is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
- 2.To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
- 3.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.(b) To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare. Also figuratively, esp. in the phrase to dig in one's heels.
- 4.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.
- 5.I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi.
- 6.2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- 7.To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.]
- 8.A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. [Colloq.]
- 9.A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abysmal
- and
- ankle
- bathometer
- bathymetry
- benthal
- beyond
- bottomless
- cast
- concavity
- crater
- deep
- deepen
- deepness
- depression
- depth
- draught
- earth
- excavate
- fathom
- fathomless
- gulf
- head
- heave
- hell
- hollow
- instrument
- knee
- lead
- line
- make
- mark
- measure
- out
- over
- pit
- plumb
- plummet
- plunge
- probe
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is dig.
- What is to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold called?
- What is to hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is i can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi called?
- What is 2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore called?
- What is to work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.] called?
- What is a thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. [Colloq.] called?
- What is a plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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