Word Meaning

Meaning of dig

- 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.
- To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
- To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
- To thrust; to poke.
- To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.
- A plodding and laborious student.

Crossword clue for dig

- Archaeological site
- Break up the earth with a spade
- Burrow
- Cutting remark
- Delve
- Delve into ground at first
- Excavate
- Get the picture of archeological site
- Make a hole with a spade
- Mine
- Probe
- Sarcastic comment about archaeological site
- Snide aside
- Turn up earth or soil
- Use a spade