dig

[dɪɡ]

Definition:
1. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth.
2. To make a hole in the ground.
3. To remove something from the ground with a tool.

Use 'dig' in a sentence:

• 1. He helped to dig for coal.
• 2. She gave him a dig in the ribs.
• 3. Dig a hole here and put the gold pieces into it.
• 4. He has been digging into the local archives.
• 5. He kept making sly little digs at me.
• 6. Americans are always quick to have a dig at the British.
• 7. All that digging had left a network of abandoned mines and tunnels.
• 8. I think I'll do some digging in the garden.
• 9. Help yourselves, everybody! Dig in!
• 10. The researchers used the drill to dig down some 740 meters.
• 11. We dug a deep pit in the yard.
• 12. He dug a deep hole in the garden.
• 13. They dug in their heels and would not lower the price.
• 14. Scientists also find it difficult to dig up Kudzu.
• 15. I can dig and pull up weeds, and do whatever you tell me.
• 16. How many holes did you dig?
• 17. The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake.
• 18. I dig for the facts.
• 19. You would have to dig up the plant yourself.
• 20. To know the true answer, we need to dig deep into the question.
• 21. We're asking you to dig deep for the earthquake victims.
• 22. He used a sharp stick to dig a hole four feet deep.
• 23. They dig out nests in the riverbed and lay their eggs.
• 24. I won't dig coal forever.
• 25. The battalion went directly to the airport to begin digging in.
• 26. Rescue workers are digging through the rubble in search of other victims.
• 27. Will you dig a little into his past and see what you find?
• 28. To dig calcium into the soil, he warned, does not help the plant.
• 29. Then, while those firefighters dig, others start a backfire.
• 30. He's taken these measures to try and dig himself out of a hole.
• 31. Dig deeper!
• 32. That you should dig all round my garden for me, tomorrow.
• 33. There is nothing we can do except dig in and wait.
• 34. Say--where you going to dig first?
• 35. The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.
• 36. "I think I am going to dig up all the wild grass," she said.
• 37. Our forces are dug in along the river.
• 38. I've been digging the garden.
• 39. She'd dig and rake away and be right down happy over it.
• 40. They dug down to a depth of two metres.
• 41. Cassandra silenced him with a sharp dig in the small of the back.
• 42. A mole can dig at a rate of 3.5m per hour.
• 43. We'll try and dig the number out for you if you want it.
• 44. Managers are too expensive and important to spend time digging up market information.
• 45. Digging further into the medical literature, I found out there was a scientific explanation for all this.
• 46. That was meant to be a dig at me.
• 47. Rescue crews have been digging people out of collapsed buildings.
• 48. You can be a pig to dig treasure.
• 49. You'll need to dig deep into the records to find the figures you want.
• 50. Digging is thirsty work.
• 51. Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
• 52. Huck began to dig and scratch now.
• 53. Both parties use computers to dig up dirt on their opponents.
• 54. I usually dig in a small barrow load of compost in late summer.
• 55. Archaeologists knew they were onto something big when they started digging.
• 56. Ben Weatherstaff took up his spade again and began to dig.
• 57. There isn't time to dig deeply and put in manure or compost.
• 58. Tabloid newspapers love to dig up scandal.
• 59. I dug around in my bag for a pen.
• 60. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.
• 61. Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.
• 62. I'll dig some potatoes for lunch.
• 63. Dig over any ground that is clear of crops and plants.