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1. The act of digging
   - excavation, dig

1. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
   "Dig we must";
   - delve, cut into, turn over
    
2. Create by digging
   "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel";
   - dig out
    
3. Work hard
   "She was digging away at her maths homework";
   - labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, moil [N. Amer]
    
4. Remove, harvest, or recover by digging
   "dig salt"; "dig coal"; "dig up salt";
   - dig up, dig out
    
5. Thrust down or into
   "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
    
6. Remove the inner part or the core of
   "the mining company wants to dig the hillside";
   - excavate, hollow
    
7. Push suddenly or strongly with a finger or something pointed
   "he dug his finger into her ribs";
   - jab, prod, stab, poke
    
8. Get the meaning of something
   "Do you dig the meaning of this letter?";
   - grok [N. Amer], get the picture, comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend

Derived forms: diggings

See also: dig in, dig out, dig up

Type of: core out, creating by removal, do work, excavate, hollow, hollow out, remove, take, take away, thrust, understand, unearth, withdraw, work

Encyclopedia: Digging