Dig

Verb

 * 1) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel.  Or to drill etc. through rocks, roads, etc.
 * They dug an eight foot deep ditch along the side of the road.
 * In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.
 * If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
 * 1)  To research a particular subject.
 * She is going to dig into Egyptian basket-weaving this semester.

Derived terms

 * dig in
 * dig into
 * dig over
 * dig out
 * dig up

Noun

 * 1) An archeological investigation
 * 2) See digs

Synonyms

 * excavation

Verb

 * 1)  To understand or show interest in.
 * You dig?
 * 1)  To appreciate, or like.
 * Baby, I dig you.

Adjectives for Dig
sly; intentional; vicious; sarcastic; witty; humorous; retaliative.

Adverbs for Dig
laboriously; perseveringly; viciously; intentionally; purposively; industriously; indefatigably.

Thesaurus
Parthian shot, abide, absorb, abysm, abyss, accept, appreciate, apprehend, assault, assimilate, back answer, backset, bang, bash, bat, be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be with one, bear, bear upon, bearing, beat the bushes, beating, belt, bide, biff, blow, bone, bonk, boost, bore, bring in, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, burrow, butt, butt against, care about, catch, catch on, catch the flame, catch the infection, caustic remark, change color, chasm, chop, clip, clout, clump, color with emotion, comeback, comprehend, con, conceive, contemplate, countersink, crack, cram, crop, crop herbs, crowd, cultivate, culture, cut, cutting remark, dash, deepen, delve, depress, dig out, dig up, digest, diggings, dike, dint, dive, dredge, dress, drill, drive, drub, drubbing, drudge, drumming, dump, dwell, echo, elbow, elucubrate, empathize with, enter, examine, excavate, excavation, explore, fag, fallow, fathom, fertilize, fleer, flout, follow, foolery, forage, force, frisk, furrow, fusillade, gather, gather in, get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, gibe, gibing retort, glean, go, go over, go through, goad, gouge, gouge out, grabble, grasp, grind, groove, grub, gulf, hammer, hammer away, hang out, harrow, harvest, have, have it taped, hay, head, hit, hoe, hunt, hurtle, hustle, identify with, jab, jam, jape, jeer, jest, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, ken, knock, know, learn, leg-pull, lick, like, list, live, look around, look round, look through, lower, lucubrate, master, mind, mine, mock, moil, mow, mulch, nose around, nudge, nut, parting shot, peg, peg away, pelt, penetrate, peruse, pick, pierce, pile drive, pit, plod, plow, pluck, plug, plug along, plug away, plunge, plunge into, plunk, poke, poke around, pore over, pound, pound away, practice, press, pressure, probe, prod, prune, pry, punch, push, put-down, put-on, quarry, quip, rake, ram, ram down, rap, rattle, react, read, realize, reap, reap and carry, regard studiously, relate to emotionally, relish, research, respond, restudy, review, root, root out, rude reproach, run, run against, sap, savvy, scoff, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, scurrility, search, search through, see, seize, seize the meaning, sense, shaft, shake, share, short answer, shoulder, shove, shovel, sink, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smash, smell around, sock, spade, stab, stick, stress, stroke, study, swat, swing, swipe, swot, sympathize with, take, take in, tamp, tattoo, taunt, thin, thin out, thrust, thump, thwack, till, till the soil, toil, travail, trench, trough, tunnel, twit, understand, verbal thrust, vet, wade through, weed, weed out, well, whack, whop, work, work away, workings, yerk

Etymology 1
diggen "to dig", alteration (possibly due to Danish ) of dīcian "to dig a ditch, to mound up earth" (compare  dīcere "digger") from dīc, dīċ "dike, ditch" from  from. Akin to dige "to dig, raise a dike",   "to dig ditches". Related to, but not derived from diguer "to dig", itself a borrowing of the same  root (<  dijk), as the  word appears later than the  word. More at ditch, dike.

Etymology 2
From ; due to lack of writing of slave speech, etymology is difficult to trace, but it has been suggested that it is from dëgg:, dëgga:. It has also been suggested that it is from dtuig:. Others do not propose a distinct etymology, instead considering this a semantic shift of existing the English term.

Verb

 * Arabic: حفر
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: капаць, рыць
 * Bulgarian: копая, разкопавам
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חפר
 * Hindi: खोदना
 * Hungarian:
 * Ilocano: kali
 * Irish: tochail
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:


 * Kurdish: هه‌ڵکوڵین, هه‌ڵقه‌ندن, کوڵین، کوڵاندن
 * Latin:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: stgavar
 * Russian:, выкапывать , ,  выкопать ,  копнуть ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: копати, kopati,  рити,  riti
 * Slovak:, ryť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ขุด
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: کھودنا
 * Vietnamese:, bới


 * Bulgarian: ровя
 * Czech: se
 * Danish: grave sig ned i, begrave sig i
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: adentrarse


 * Czech:
 * Danish: kunne lide
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian: digge


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: caer bien, simpatizar
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish: forstå, være med
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: picar el interés
 * Swedish: vara med


 * : spit, grawe
 * : gërmoj
 * : kopati
 * : fosi
 * : graban
 * : ás, túr
 * : gali, menggali
 * : excavar, fossar, vi foder


 * : 파다 (pada)
 * : kêlan
 * : cavare
 * : keri
 * : delfan
 * : kandan
 * : escavar
 * : escava
 * : hukay
 * : తవ్వు (tavvu)
 * : keli

Noun

 * Bulgarian: разкопки
 * Danish: udgravning
 * Dutch: opgraving
 * Finnish:
 * German: Grabung, Ausgrabung


 * Hebrew: חפירות (khafirot)
 * Italian: scavi
 * Russian: раскопки (raskópki)
 * Slovene: izkop

Anagrams

 * GDI
 * IgD

Pronoun

 * 1)  you 2nd person singular object pronoun, informal

Alternative forms

 * dej (strongly colloquial)

Pronoun

 * 1) you (objective case, singular)
 * Jag såg dig aldrig där
 * I never saw you there
 * 1) reflexive case of du; compare yourself
 * Skulle du vilja lära dig jonglera?
 * Would you like to learn how to juggle?
 * Skar du dig på kniven?
 * Did you cut yourself on the knife?