What is "dug"

Dig \Dig\ (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (d[u^]g) or Digged (d[i^]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. [root]67.]

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.
   --Dryden.

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.
   --Robynson (More's Utopia).

5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam. 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,

   1. to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.

   2. 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.

Dug \Dug\ (d[u^]g), n. [Akin to Sw. d["a]gga to suckle (a child), Dan. d[ae]gge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. [root]66.] A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.

With mother's dug between its lips.
--Shak.

Dug \Dug\, imp. & p. p. of Dig.

"animal nipple," or, contemptuously, "the human female breast," 1520s, origin obscure, related to Swedish dagga, Danish dægge "to suckle."

past tense and past participle of dig (v.).

n. (context chiefly in the plural English) mammary gland#English on domestic mammal containing more than two breasts. vb. (en-pastdig)

1. n. the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" [syn: excavation, archeological site]

2. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, barb, jibe, gibe]

3. a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"

4. the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging]

5. the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: jab]

6. [also: dug, digging]

1. v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: delve, cut into, turn over]

2. create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" [syn: dig out]

3. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, moil]

4. remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" [syn: excavate, hollow]

5. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke]

6. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: get the picture, comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend]

7. [also: dug, digging]

n. an udder or breast or teat

See dig

DUG may refer to:

• Double-stranded uracil-DNA glycosylase, an enzyme
• Bisbee-Douglas International Airport, Arizona
• Developing Unconventional Gas, a series of energy conferences held annually.