Found 1 hit - Term: to dig up, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [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.
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be first to dig the ground. --dryden.
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2. to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
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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.
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4. to thrust; to poke. colloq.
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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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