Found 4 items, similar to Dig.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: dig
menggali
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dig
bergaung, cebak, gali, gerai, mencungkil, menggali, penggalian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dig
dig
n 1: the site of an archeological exploration;
“they set up camp
next to the dig” [syn:
excavation,
archeological site]
2: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'
“; ”she threw shafts of sarcasm
“; ”she takes a
dig at me every chance she gets" [syn:
shot,
shaft,
slam,
barb,
jibe,
gibe]
3: a small gouge (as in the cover of a book);
“the book was in
good condition except for a dig in the back cover”
4: the act of digging;
“there's an interesting excavation going
on near Princeton” [syn:
excavation,
digging]
5: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or
elbow;
“she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs” [syn:
jab]
[also:
dug,
digging]
dig
v 1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth;
“Dig we must”;
“turn over
the soil for aeration” [syn:
delve,
cut into,
turn over
]
2: create by digging;
“dig a hole”;
“dig out a channel” [syn:
dig out
]
3: work hard;
“She was digging away at her math homework”;
“Lexicographers drudge all day long” [syn:
labor,
labour,
toil,
fag,
travail,
grind,
drudge,
moil]
4: remove the inner part or the core of;
“the mining company
wants to excavate the hillsite” [syn:
excavate,
hollow]
5: poke or thrust abruptly;
“he jabbed his finger into her
ribs” [syn:
jab,
prod,
stab,
poke]
6: get the meaning of something;
“Do you comprehend the meaning
of this letter?” [syn:
get the picture,
comprehend,
savvy,
grasp,
compass,
apprehend]
[also:
dug,
digging]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dig
Dig
\Dig\, n.
1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the
ribs. See
Dig, v. t., 4. [Colloq.]
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2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
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3. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.]
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4. An act of digging.
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5. An amount to be dug.
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6. (Mining) same as
Gouge.
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7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark,
but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must
suffer through countless digs.
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8. An archeological excavation site.
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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.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]
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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Dig
\Dig\, v. i.
1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do
servile work; to delve.
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Dig for it more than for hid treasures. --Job iii.
21.
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I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. --Luke xvi. 3.
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2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from
making excavations in search of ore.
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3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study
ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.]
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Peter dug at his books all the harder. --Paul L.
Ford.
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4. (Mach.) Of a tool: To cut deeply into the work because ill
set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as when a lathe
tool is set too low and so sprung into the work.
To dig out, to depart; to leave, esp. hastily; decamp.
[Slang, U. S.]
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