The Meaning of dig

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

Synonyms

excavation , archeological site , shot , shaft , slam , barb , jibe , gibe , excavation , digging , jab , delve , cut into , turn over , dig out , labor , labour , toil , fag , travail , grind , drudge , moil , dig up , dig out , excavate , hollow , jab , prod , stab , poke , grok , get the picture , comprehend , savvy , grasp , compass , apprehend

Rhymes

big , bigwig , brig , fig , figg , figge , frigg , gig , gigue , grigg , isgrigg , jig , knigge , mcquigg , mig , nigg , pig , pigg , prig , prigge , quigg , renege , rig , rigg , sig , sigg , sprigg , stig , swig , trig , trigg , trygg , twig , twigg , vig , whig , wig , wigg , zbig , zig