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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dig \Dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug} (d[u^]g) or
     {Digged} (d[i^]gd); 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. [root]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.
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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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