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.