Definition of: dig

(dig) v. dug (Archaic digged), dig·ging v.t.
1. To break up, turn up, or remove (earth, etc.), as with a spade, claws, or the hands.
2. To make or form by or as by digging.
3. To take out or obtain by digging: to dig clams.
4. To thrust or force into or against, as a tool, heel, or elbow.
5. To discover or bring out by careful effort or study: often with up or out: to dig up evidence of political corruption.
6. U.S. Slang To understand.
—v.i.
7. To break or turn up earth, etc.
8. To force or make a way by or as by digging.
9. U.S. Colloq. To work hard and steadily; plod.
—to dig in
1. To dig trenches.
2. To entrench (oneself).
3. Colloq. To begin to work intensively.
—noun Colloq.
1. A thrust; poke.
2. A sarcastic remark; jibe; slur.
3. An archeological excavation.
4. U.S. A hard–working student. [<OF diguer <Gmc. Akin to DIKE.]