[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dig \dig\ di^g, v. t. imp.  p. p. dug du^g or
   digged di^gd; p. pr.  vb. n. digging. -- digged is
   archaic. oe. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen
   see dike, ditch; cf. dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or
   ? akin to e. 1st dag. root67.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            be first to dig the ground.           --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
      1913 webster

   3. to hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing
      earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
      1913 webster

   4. to thrust; to poke. colloq.
      1913 webster

            you should have seen children . . . dig and push
            their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them:
            look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear
            pearls.                               --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
      1913 webster

   5. to like; enjoy; admire. the whole class digs pearl jam.
      colloq.
      pjc

   to dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as,
      to dig down a wall.

   to dig from, to dig out of, to dig out, to dig up, to
      get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out
      of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. the
      preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging
      coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes.

   to dig in,
      a to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.
      b to entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance;
          -- used of warfare or negotiating situations.

   to dig in one's heels to offer stubborn resistance.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
dug digged digging dike ditch to dig down 
to dig from to dig out of to dig out to dig up to dig in 
to dig in one's heels 

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Allwords.com Definition of mine
...... To dig (a particular area) in order to extract minerals, etc.. Example ... 1. To dig for (minerals, etc).. Example: They mine gold in those hills ... ..
http://www.allwords.com/word-mine.html, score=100, date indexed=January 18, 2006, 11:28 am

Task needs 'overwhelming force' - World - Times Online
...... to dig in” and it was difficult to see how the Americans could ... but in order to take the city, they are going to need to use ... ..
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1340446,00.html, score=62, date indexed=January 22, 2006, 11:44 pm

Poetry in Motion
...We were put on this earth so green, To dig it up with man's machine?. ... With new clothes and new hats, We often forget what Christ did in the ... ..
http://members.tripod.com/~mechel/index-2.html, score=38, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 11:39 pm

Chowk: Ideas & Identities of India Pakistan
...To dig here in the soil? Do you not yearn for wealth and fame, And ... had begun to wonder whether we had lost our ability to stand in other ... ..
http://www.chowk.com/show_interactor_page.cgi?membername=jahil, score=38, date indexed=December 4, 2005, 1:44 am

Online Bible Studies : Study #4 : Stand in Awe
...... like in action.. Click the shovel icon if you ever want to "dig deeper ... to tremble, to dread, to fear, to oppress, to prevail, to break, to be ... ..
http://www.biblesoft.com/studies/4/index.htm, score=25, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 11:52 pm

Big Cat Sightings in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
...... To Dig Up Mystery Creature For Dna Tests 3 rd May 2002. Dig Set To End ... In Buchan Countryside 2 nd May 2002. No purr-fect answer to mystery of ... ..
http://www.bigcats.org/abc/sightings/bycounty/aberdeenshire.html, score=13, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 10:09 am

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