| dig | | |
| n. (location) | 1. archeological site, dig, excavation | the site of an archeological exploration.; "they set up camp next to the dig" |
| ~ archaeology, archeology | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. |
| ~ land site, site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).; "a good site for the school" |
| ~ byblos | an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated. |
| n. (communication) | 2. barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam | 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" |
| ~ comment, remark, input | a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" |
| ~ cheap shot | an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. dig | a small gouge (as in the cover of a book).; "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover" |
| ~ gouge, nick, ding, dent | an impression in a surface (as made by a blow). |
| n. (act) | 4. dig, digging, excavation | the act of digging.; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" |
| ~ creating by removal | the act of creating by removing something. |
| n. (act) | 5. dig, jab | the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow.; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| v. (contact) | 6. cut into, delve, dig, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ furrow, groove, rut | hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.; "furrow soil" |
| ~ rootle, rout, root | dig with the snout.; "the pig was rooting for truffles" |
| ~ spade | dig (up) with a spade.; "I spade compost into the flower beds" |
| ~ shovel | dig with or as if with a shovel.; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" |
| ~ trowel | use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work. |
| ~ burrow, tunnel | move through by or as by digging.; "burrow through the forest" |
| v. (contact) | 7. dig, dig out | create by digging.; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ core out, hollow out, hollow | remove the interior of.; "hollow out a tree trunk" |
| ~ lift | take (root crops) out of the ground.; "lift potatoes" |
| ~ trench | dig a trench or trenches.; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench" |
| ~ dibble | make a hole with a wooden hand tool.; "dibble the ground" |
| v. (social) | 8. dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail | work hard.; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (perception) | 9. dig, dig out, dig up | remove, harvest, or recover by digging.; "dig salt"; "dig coal" |
| ~ excavate, unearth | recover through digging.; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" |
| v. (motion) | 10. dig | thrust down or into.; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor" |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| v. (contact) | 11. dig, excavate, hollow | remove the inner part or the core of.; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ drive | excavate horizontally.; "drive a tunnel" |
| ~ trench, ditch | cut a trench in, as for drainage.; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" |
| v. (contact) | 12. dig, jab, poke, prod, stab | poke or thrust abruptly.; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ figure | understand.; "He didn't figure her" |
| ~ catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble | understand, usually after some initial difficulty.; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" |
| ~ intuit | know or grasp by intuition or feeling. |
| ~ digest | arrange and integrate in the mind.; "I cannot digest all this information" |
| dredge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. dredge | a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed. |
| ~ dredger | a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging. |
| ~ dredging bucket | a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed. |
| ~ power shovel, digger, excavator, shovel | a machine for excavating. |
| ~ scoop shovel, scoop | the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe. |
| v. (contact) | 2. dredge | cover before cooking.; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ flour | cover with flour.; "flour fish or meat before frying it" |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| v. (contact) | 3. drag, dredge | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| v. (contact) | 4. dredge | remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water. |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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