Dig

Definition: Dig

Dig

Noun

1. The site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig".

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".

3. The act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton".

4. The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs".

Verb

1. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration".

2. Create by digging, of cavities: "dig a hole".

3. Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long".

4. Remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite".

5. Poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs".

6. Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dig" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Dig \Dig\, noun. 1. A tool for digging. [Dial. English]. (references)

Industry

Mining

Sports & Leisure

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

DIG

DIG

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Dig

Agriculture

Verb: cultivate; till the soil; farm, garden; sow, plant; reap, mow, cut; manure, dress the ground, dig, delve, dibble, hoe, plough, plow, harrow, rake, weed, lop and top; backset.

Concavity

Render concave; Adjective: depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.

Depth

Plunge; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings; dig; (excavate).

Discovery

Verb: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter.

Plan

Plot; counter-plot, counter-mine; dig a mine; lay a train; intrigue; (cunning).

Preparation

Verb: prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put in order; (arrange); forecast; (plan) prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone; (begin).

Warfare

Verb: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war'; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend; battle with, break a lance with.

Crosswords: Dig

Danish (you), Romanian (breakwater, dam, dike, embankment, jetty, levee, mole, pier), Swedish (dug, thee, thyself, ye, you, yourself), Welsh (anger, angry, wrath, wrathful).

I want a car, chicks dig the car. (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Dig ditches (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.)

Where did you dig up that old fossil (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

Dig up the past, all you get is dirty (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank)

Dig it, Miss Wade-you're the President's Girlfriend (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

And once you dig in (Dig In; performing artist: Lenny Kravitz)

I'VE HAD TO DIG AWAY, TO FIND MY OWN PIECE OF MIND (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints)

Can you dig it yes, I can ("Saturday in the Park"; performing artist: Chicago)

Roll Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues (Roll Over Beethoven; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Are for love dig it (All 4 Love; performing artist: Color Me Badd)

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Dig a well before you are thirsty. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Dig (1972)

Ved du hvad du skulle? Gifte dig med Tulle! (1970)

Se dig om i vrede (1969)

Dig That Crazy Mountain (1967)

Frelse for dig og mig (1965)

Dig In (performing artist: Lenny Kravitz)

I DIG ROCK & ROLL MUSIC  (performing artist: Paul & Mary  Peter)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bill Nye the Science Guy's Great Big Dinosaur Dig (reference)

• Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need (reference)

• Dig, Ivan, Dig (Naughty Naughty Pets) (reference)

• Dinosaur Dig (Scooby Doo! Picture Clue Book, 3) (reference)

• The Big Dig (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Dig (reference)

• No Dig International (reference)

• Now Dig This (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mudvayne - Dig (DVD Single) (reference)

• I dig dirt (reference)

• I Dig Fossils:Real Adventure for Kids (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Can You Dig It [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• EN-EL1 RECHARGEABLE BATTERY FOR COOLPIX DIG CAMERA (reference)

• DC1300 3-IN-1 Dig Cam 1.3M Built-in 16MB Compactflash Memory (reference)

• DIG VIDEO CREATOR 150 STYLES (reference)

• I Dig Dinosaurs (reference)

• Tonka Dig N Rigs Playset (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Helping dig the ice cellar. Because of the permafrost, this served as a year- round refrigerator. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Two students dig a hole in preparation to plant potted wetland species at the restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The correct way to plant most trees or shrubs is to dig a hole about twice as wide in diameter as the potted plant. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Archaelogical dig by the Washington State University Field School at the Skull Creek Dunes Site in Southeastern Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong.

Archaeological Dig. Credit: Unknown.

Din tandläkare kallar Dig... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Pass Upp! : En guide för dig som är ung och skall resa utomlands.... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Gertie]. Dig out your wad old scout said she and slip that dame five plunks for m. Credit: Library of Congress.

Let. Col. Goethals dig him out. Credit: Library of Congress.

Your Uncle Samuel: more power to you -- now dig deep. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We should scent out the truth, dig in the earth for it, and seize upon it.

The yellowjackets dig into the soft meat, and there is a smell of ferment and rot.

I took particular pleasure in this breaking of ground, for in almost all latitudes men dig into the earth for an equable temperature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Indigenous People

Suriname

Organizations representing Maroon and Amerindian communities complain that small-scale mining operations, mainly by illegal Brazilian gold miners, dig trenches that cut residents off from their agricultural land and threaten to drive them away from their traditional settlements. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Abductees frequently are forced to herd cattle, work in the fields, fetch water, dig wells, and do housework. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

For example, according to SHRF, since July 50 to 60 persons in Nam-Zarng township have been forced by SPDC troops to dig approximately one mile long irrigation ditch through a stretch of rice fields of the local farmers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "dig": dig a hole ♦ dig a hole in the ground ♦ dig a mine ♦ dig a pit ♦ dig a pit for smb. ♦ dig a trench ♦ dig a tunnel ♦ dig around ♦ dig away ♦ dig deep ♦ dig down ♦ dig for ♦ dig for information ♦ dig from ♦ dig ground ♦ dig holes everywhere ♦ dig in ♦ dig in the ribs ♦ dig into ♦ dig into one's pocket ♦ dig into smb.'s past ♦ dig one's heels in ♦ dig oneself in ♦ dig out ♦ dig out the truth ♦ dig over ♦ dig peat ♦ dig potatoes ♦ dig save ♦ dig smb. in the ribs ♦ dig smb. in the side ♦ dig that guy! ♦ dig through ♦ dig trenches ♦ dig under ♦ dig up ♦ dig up the tomahawk ♦ have a dig at smb. ♦ have dig at ♦ infra dig ♦ recording dig ♦ To dig down ♦ To dig from ♦ To dig in ♦ to dig in one's heels ♦ To dig out ♦ to dig out of ♦ to dig up. Additional references.

Beginning with "dig": dig-file.

Ending with "dig": infra-dig, multiple-dig, no-dig.

Containing "dig": plot-dig-file, view-dig-file.

Albanian

nxitje (abetment, challenge, cheer, countenance, dare, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), e shtyrë (push), gërmoj (break ground, cave, dig out, dig up, excavate, grub, hollow out, Mold, mole, mould, pick, poke about, rout), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, demand, dig for, exact, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), mësoj përmendsh (con, learn by heart, memorize, study, swot), mih (Mold, mould), bëj gërmime arkeologjike, ngul (bite into, drive, drive in, fix, jab, nail, pin down, plant, plunge, post, press in, put, sink, spit, stick, thrust, wrap up), vërejtje therëse, rrëmoj (delve, dive, ferret about, ferret out, forage, Mold, mole, mould, rout, rummage, scavenge, search), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), strofkë në dhomën ose në shtëpinë e vete, strofull në dhomën ose në shtëpinë e vete, student i zellshëm, tallje (banter, derision, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), ngacmim (banter, bothering, chaff, excitation, excitement, harassment, impulse, irritation, jesting, molestation, nagging, provocation, raillery, rally, rub, teasing). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملاحظة ساخرة (jeer, jest, skit, slant, sneer, wipe), ‏لسع (bite, biting, hurt with words, nettle, offend, sting, stinging), ‏حفر (bore, burrow, burrowing, digging, digging in, ditch, drill, drilling, etch, excavate, excavation, fetch, fossilize, gnaw, grave, hew, inscribe, make a hole in, pick up, pit, plough, rut, scrape, sink), ‏حرث (cultivate, farm, furrow, plough, ploughing, plow, stave, till), ‏تمترس, ‏تعمق (deepen, dive, go deeply into), ‏طالب مجتهد, ‏إجتهد (lay out, read up, try), ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel), ‏برز إلى النور (disinter). (various references)

Blackfoot

i'nokaa (to dig). (various references)

Bulgarian 

зубря (grind, mug, stew, swot), издирвам (ferret out, hunt out, investigate, seek out, sus out, track down), изкопавам (disinter, excavate, grub, mine, quarry, sink, turn up, unearth), изследвам (examine, explore, inquire, inquire into, inspect, investigate, probe, prospect, research, scan, search, study, survey, test), подигравам се на (joke, laugh at, make fun of, monkey, poke fun at, taunt), подигравка (flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, snub, sport, twit, wipe), прокопавам, пъхам (infix, poke, pop, put in, shove, stick, thrust), бачкам (grub, peg at, peg away), археологическа експедиция, дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, jive, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry), зубрач (crammer, grind, grinder, mug, plodder, sap, swot), схващам (apprehend, compass, comprehend, discover, get, get a hold of, grasp, note, perceive, pick up, see, sense, take in, twig, understand), мушкам (dub, jab, job, jog, peg at, poke, pop, pop in, prod, prong, stick), мушкане (butt, job, jog), намек (allusion, cue, feeler, half word, hint, indirection, inkling, insinuation, intimation, office, pointer, side glance, suggestion, tip off, wink), копаене (excavation, hoe-work, picking), копая (break ground, delve, dredge, excavate, fossick, grub, hoe, mine, navvy, pickax, scoop, scoop out, shovel), копка (dug), харесвам (affect, cotton, fancy, like, relish, take a fancy to), разкопки (diggings, dug, excavation), ровя (burrow, delve, fish, grub, poke about, rake about, rout about, scratch around), слушам внимателно (hang on), живея (be, bide, breathe, burrow, dwell, home, house, indwell, inhabit, live, range, reside, room, seat, subsist, walk). (various references)

Chinese 

穵 (scoop out), 掘 (tenon, tool handle), 抉 (bright, pick, radiant), 搰 (mix), 洿 (stagnant water), 开掘 (Digging, digs, Dug). (various references)

Czech

vykopávka (excavation), vrtat se (burrow), rýt (cavil, cut, nuzzle), rýpat (carp, nag, nark, poke), kouknout se na, kopat (kick, kick out, pick), kapírovat (catch on, cotton on), hovìt, hloubit (dredge), bagrovat (dredge), baštit, žrát (eat, feed, guzzle), špièka (end, innuendo, nib, peak, rush, spearhead, taunt, tip, top). (various references)

Danish

grave (grub, spade). (various references)

Dutch

rooien (aim, dig up, excavate, grub, intend, lift, pull up), opgraven (dig up, excavate, grub, lift, pull up). (various references)

Esperanto

fosi (grub, spade), elterigi (dig up, lift, pull up). (various references)

Faeroese

grava (grub, shovel, spade). (various references)

Farsi 

فروکردن (Embed, Implant, Inculcate, Infix, Jam, Poach, Thrust), کنایه (Allegory, Allusion, Innuendo, Jest, Lampoon, Metaphor, Quibble, Quip, Squib), کندن (Cutout, Gouge, Gully, Mine, Peel, Pick, Pluck, Pug, Pull, Rend, Scoop, Trench), کاوش (Probe, Research, Rummage, Search), حفاری , حفر. (various references)

Finnish

kaivaa (burrow, cut, delve, dig out, disinter, drive, excavate, exhume, grub, pick, spade). (various references)

French

creuser (ditch). (various references)

German

graben (burrow, canal, channel, cut, cutting, ditch, engrave, excavation, fosse, grub, gutter, hole, mine, moat, pit, pole, prospect, rift, scoop out, spade, to burrow, to dig, to dig (dug, to sink, to trench, trench, water jump), wühlen (burrow, gnaw, grub, root, rummage, slog, spade, stir things up). (various references)

Greek 

σκάβω (burrow, delve, dig out, dig up, excavate). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעקוץ (be sarcastic, bite, catch, needle, sting), לעדור (cultivate, hoe, pick), לחפור (break ground, excavate, grub, unearth), לגעגע (gabble, gaggle, roll in), חפירה (burrow, digging, ditch, excavation, sap, trench, tunnel), חפר (digger). (various references)

Hungarian

döfés (butt, butting, jab, poke, prod, push, stab, stuck, thrust), bökés (poke). (various references)

Indonesian

penggalian (disinterment, excavation, quarying), menggali (disinter, excavate, exhume, see: gali), gerai (excavate), gali (delve, dig up, unearth), cebak (mine), bergaung (escavate, reverberate). (various references)

Irish

tochail. (various references)

Italian

dare uno spintone, zappare (delve, hoe), vangare (spade), urto (bump, clash, collision, crash, dash, hit, impact, jar, knock, push, shake, shock, shove), sterro (earthwork), spinta (boost, drive, helping hand, hustle, incentive, jerk, poke, push, shove, spur, stress, thrust), sgobbare (cram, drudge, grind, grind away, oxes, plug away, slave, slog, sweat, swot, work hard), scavo (digging, excavation, groundwork), scavare (cave, delve, ditch, excavate, hollow, mine, pick, plough, plow, scoop out), osservazione sarcastica, frecciata (arrowshot, gibe, jibe), fossetta (dimple), cercare (ask for, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, Hunt, look, look for, look up, pick, prospect, scavenge, search, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, to search for, want), cavare (draw, get, get off, obtain, pull out, scoop, take out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

掘り出す (to dig out, to pick up), 掘る (to dig, to excavate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たてこもる (to barricade oneself in, to be besieged, to dig in, to hold, to shut oneself up), すきおこす (to dig or plow up, to turn over soil), ほりおこす (to dig up, to reclaim), ほりさげる (to delve into, to dig down, to get to the bottom of, to investigate further), ほりぬく (to dig through, to drill into, to excavate), ほりかえす (to dig up, to tear up, to turn up), ほりあてる (to dig up, to find, to strike), ほりちらす (to dig up messily), ほりだす (to dig out, to pick up), ほる (to carve, to chisel, to dig, to engrave, to excavate, to sculpture), あばきだす (to dig up and expose a criminal matter), あてこする (to insinuate, to satyrize, to take a dig at). (various references)

Korean 

파기 (digs). (various references)

Malay

gali ... menggali (grub, spade). (various references)

Manx

reuyrey (delve, dig up, root, spade), cleiy (delve, dig out, digging, earthwork, harvest, hedge, hedging, quarry). (various references)

Maya

kooy (to dig), ha'adz (to dig up). (various references)

Norwegian

grave (grub). (various references)

Papago

hiabog (to dig). (various references)

Papiamen

koba (grub, spade). (various references)

Pig Latin

igday.(various references)

Portuguese

escavação (digging, jerk, pit, scoop). (various references)

Romanian

vârî (Bob, creep, crib, dab, dip, drive, duck, engraft in, immerse, impress, introduce, involve, jab, Lodge, pick, poke, pull up, put in, stab, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), scobi (cave, groove, gutter, hew out, hole, hollow, Peck, pick, recess), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), sãpat (digging), sãpare (digging, hoeing, picking), sãpa (burrow, cave, cut, delve, drive, engraft, engrave, excavate, grave, hoe, hole, hollow, inscribe, lift, mine, pick, sink, spud, trench, undermine), remarcã ironicã (shy), lucra cu sapã, ghionti (hunch), ghiont (bunt, hunch, jog, nudge, stick), înfige (drive, hurl, infix, run, set, stick, thrust), împunsãturã (butt, cant, jab, jeer, jest, pang, prick, prod, stick, stitch, tack, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

копать (delve, excavate, lift, mole). (various references)

Scottish

treachail, tochail (quarry), ruamhair (delve, dig with a spade), cladhaich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udarac (beat, blow, bogey, bunt, hit, impact, jolt, lash, lick, puff, punch, stroke, thwack, wallop, whack), uživati (bask, delight, enjoy, like, relish, savor, take pleasure in), sarkastična primedba (sarcastic remark), riti (grub, rout), pokopati (bury, inhume, trash), kopati (delve, dredge, gopher, mine, prospect), izdubiti (cave, chisel, gouge, hollow out, sink), iskopavanje (excavation). (various references)

Shona

-chera (to dig). (various references)

Spanish

cavar (delve, dig up, grub, mole, pick, scoop out, spade). (various references)

Swazi

kú-mba (to dig). (various references)

Swedish

gräva (burrow, cut, delve, excavate, grub, mine, scoop, sink, spade). (various references)

Thai

แหล่งขุดค้น (ทางโบราณคดี), เข้าใจ (conceive, digest, fathom, get, make, puzzle out, see, seize, suss, take), เจาะ (drill), ชอบ (fancy, fond (of), like, love), การแหย่, ขุด (gouge), มองดู (eye). (various references)

Turkish

dürtme (goading, jab, jog, poke, prod, shove), dürtmek (edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jab, jog, jolt, nudge, poke, prod, shove, spur, spur smb. on, thrust), deşmek (dig out, dig up, dredge up, exhume, incise, open up, probe, root), iğneleme (dart, pinning, pinprick, pointer, prick, quip, rub, sarcasm), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out), araştırmak (analyse, analyze, cast about, cast around, check up, dig up, drag up, dredge for, dredge up, explore, ferret, ferret about, fish, fish around, forage, fossick, go into, hunt after, hunt out, hunt up, inquire, inquire into, investigate, make a study of, poke, probe, quarry, quest, rake, research, research into, root, rout, rummage, search, seek, seek after, seek for, shop, shop for, sound, study, sum up, survey), bellemek (fork, get into a groove, learn by heart, memorize, trench), göz atmak (blink at, dip, dip into, flash a glance, flick through, give an eye to, give the once-over, glance, glance at, glimpse, have a dekko, look at, scan, shoot a glance, skim over, take a gander, take a glance at), hafriyat yapmak, çukur kazmak (dig a hole, dig a pit), hoşlanmak (affect, be attracted, be partial to, be pleased with, be taken by, be taken with, care, click, delight, enjoy, fancy, have a liking for smb., like, relish, take a fancy to, take a shine to smb., take to), yurt (diggings, digs, dorm, dormitory, hall, hall of residence, home, hostel, house, youth hostel), incelemek (analyse, analyze, audit, check over, con, construe, dig out, dissect, examine, examine into, go into, investigate, look into, look through, make a study of, observe, peruse, research, research into, scan, search, study, survey, twig, vet, view), ineklemek (bone up on, cram, grind, mug, mug up, swot), kazı (diggings, excavation, working, workings), kazma (digger, digging, excavation, Mattock, pick, pickax, pickaxe, Pike), kazmak (cave, cave in, disinter, excavate, grub, hole, hollow, hollow out, mine, pick, pick up, sink, spud, trench), lojman, mahmuzlamak (rowel, spur, toss off), taş (allusion, calculus, concretion, Flint, gem, gibe, gravel, hit, innuendo, jeer, jibe, lapidary, piece, rock, stone), yemeğe girişmek (dig into, walk into one's food), harıl harıl çalışmak (beaver away, hum, hum with activity, plug, plug away, plug away at, work like a beaver). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцwmek (make a hole in, wash away), kцwlemek, gazmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

стусан (cant, dab, kick, prod, spurn, thrust, wakener, wap), розкопувати, рити (cave, delve, gopher, mole, shovel, trench), штовхан (cant, jab, jolt, yerk), копати (bill, excavate, gopher, mole, scoop, shovel), глузування (banter, flout, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, outfling, scoff, send up, sneer, twit, wipe, witticism), викопувати (delve, dig out, dig up, excavate, grub up, rout out), викопування, прокопувати (dig into). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự xới (digging), sự bới (digging), sự đào (digging, excavation, picking). (various references)

Welsh

torri (break, cut, slice, trace, write), pwniad (nudge), palu (delve), cloddio (delve, mine, quarry). (various references)

3. dun. (various references)

defossus, eruam, eruamini, eruaris, eruas, eruat, eruatis, erue, eruebamque, eruens, eruent, eruentur, eruere, erueret, eruerit, eruero, eruerunt, erues, eruet, erui, eruimus, eruisset, eruissetis, eruisti, eruit, eruite, eruti, erutus, esaiam, fode, foderant, foderat, fodere, foderent, foderit, foderunt, fodi, fodiam, fodiatur, fodies, fodietur, fodisti, fodit, fossa, fossae, fossam, fossas, fossis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "dig": digamies, digamist, digamists, digamma, digammas, digamous, digamy, digastric, digenetic, digest, digested, digester, digesters, digestibilities, digestibility, digestible, digesting, digestion, digestions, digestive, digestively, digestives, digestor, digestors, digests, digged, digger, diggers, digging, diggings, dight, dighted, dighting, dights, digit, digital, digitalin, digitalins, digitalis, digitalises, digitalization, digitalizations, digitalize, digitalized, digitalizes, digitalizing, digitally, digitals, digitate, digitately, digitigrade. (additional references)

Words ending with "dig": shindig. (additional references)

Words containing "dig": bedight, bedighted, bedighting, bedights, cardigan, cardigans, condign, condignly, ditchdigger, ditchdiggers, indigen, indigence, indigences, indigene, indigenes, indigenization, indigenizations, indigenize, indigenized, indigenizes, indigenizing, indigenous, indigenously, indigenousness, indigenousnesses, indigens, indigent, indigents, indigested, indigestibilities, indigestibility, indigestible, indigestibles, indigestion, indigestions, indign, indignant, indignantly, indignation, indignations, indignities, indignity, indignly, indigo, indigoes, indigoid, indigoids, indigos, indigotin, indigotins, interdigitate. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Dig" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dabg, Daga, dagg, Dagh, dagr, dahg, daig, daj, daug, dawg, dci, ddysgl, Deeg, Degg, degn, dego, degr, deige, deigh, deigu, dej, deog, dfg, Dfi, dgg, dgi, dgy, dhg, diag, diago, didg, diga, digd, dige, digg, digh, digi, digm, digo, Digul, digy, dih, dij, dija, dijo, Dilga, dio, diq, disgu, diw, diy, dogf, dogg, doig, dolg, drg, drig, drigg, dsg, dvg, dwig, dxi, Dyf, dyg, dyv, edig, eig, idag, ig, jg, oig, rdig, udag, vig. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gid.

-1 letter: id.

+1 letter: digs, ding, gadi, gids, gied, gild, gird, grid, guid.

+2 letters: algid, deign, dight, digit, dinge, dingo, dings, dingy, dirge, dogie, doing, dying, fidge, gaddi, gadid, gadis, gelid, geoid, gibed, giddy, gilds, girds, glide, gride, grids, grind, guide, guids, guild, midge, ridge, ridgy, rigid.

+3 letters: adagio, adding, aiding, algoid, auding, begird, biding, bilged, binged, boding, bridge, budgie, ceding, coding, daring, dating, dawing, dazing, degami, deigns, deking, design, dewing, dialog, dicing, dieing, digamy, digest, digged, digger, dights, digits, diglot, diking, dinged, dinger, dinges, dingey, dinghy, dingle, dingus, dining, dirges, diving, doggie, dogies, doings, doling, doming, doping, dosing, doting, dowing, dozing, dreigh, driegh, drying, duding, duking, duping, during, dyeing, dyings, dyking, edgier, edgily, edging, ending, engild, engird, fading, fidged, fidges, fidget, figged, fridge, frigid, fulgid, gaddis, gadids, gadoid, gained, gaited, ganoid, geodic, geoids, gibbed, giddap, gifted, gigged, gilded, gilder, gilled, gimped, ginned, gipped, girded, girder, girdle, girned, girted, glided, glider, glides, glimed, godwit, goodie, gradin, gravid, grided, grides, grimed, grinds, griped, guided, guider, guides, guidon, guilds, guiled, guised, hading, hiding, hinged, idling, imaged, indign, indigo, jading, jigged, kinged, lading, ligand, midges, midget, midgut, midleg, nidget, niding, nighed, pidgin, pigged, pinged, pongid, reding, regild, ridged, ridgel, ridges, ridgil, riding, rigged, ringed, siding, sieged, sighed, signed, singed, smidge, tiding, tinged, turgid, ungird, upgird, wading, wedgie, widget, wigged, winged, zigged, zinged, zygoid.