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The meaning of DIG is to break up, turn, or loosen (earth) with an implement. How to use dig in a sentence. to break up, turn, or loosen (earth) with an implement; to prepare the soil of; to bring to the surface by digging : unearth…
The extraction of coal from a seam not previously worked in any way; cf. whole, adj. B.4. An excavation which is open to the surface; = opencast, n. A place where digging is carried on, an excavation; in plural (sometimes treated as a singular) applied to mines, and especially to the gold-fields…. In plural.
15 meanings: 1. to cut into, break up, and turn over or remove (earth, soil, etc), esp with a spade 2. to form or excavate (a.... Click for more definitions.
DIG definition: 1. to break up and move soil using a tool, a machine, or your hands: 2. to form a hole by moving…. Learn more.
2 [transitive] dig something to remove something from the ground with a tool I'll dig some potatoes for lunch. 3 [ intransitive ] (+ adv./prep.) to search in something in order to find an object in something I dug around in my bag for a pen.
What does the noun dig mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dig. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. dig has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. agriculture (1880s) civil engineering (1880s) archaeology (1890s)
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dig. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dig1 /dɪɡ/ S2 verb (past tense and past participle dug /dʌɡ/, present participle digging) 1 [intransitive, transitive] to move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground, using a spade or your hands dig a hole/trench/grave etc They dig a small hole in the sand to bury their eggs ...
