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. "Be first to dig the ground."
2.To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
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.
4.To thrust; to poke. (Colloq.) "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."
5.To like; enjoy; admire. "The whole class digs Pearl Jam." (Colloq.)
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.
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