| VERB | contact | dig, delve, cut into, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
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| contact | dig, dig out | create by digging | |
| social | dig, labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, moil | work hard | |
| perception | dig, dig up, dig out | remove, harvest, or recover by digging | |
| motion | dig | thrust down or into | |
| contact | dig, excavate, hollow | remove the inner part or the core of | |
| contact | dig, jab, prod, stab, poke | poke or thrust abruptly | |
| cognition | dig, grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend | get the meaning / meaning of something | |
| NOUN | location | dig, excavation, archeological site | the site of an archeological exploration |
| communication | dig, shot, shaft, slam, barb, jibe, gibe | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | |
| attribute | dig | a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) | |
| act | dig, excavation, digging | the act of digging | |
| act | dig, jab | the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow |
| Sounds | dih'g | |
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| Rhymes | big ... zig: 23 rhymes with ihg... | |
| Meaning | The site of an archeological exploration. | |
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| Example | "they set up camp next to the dig" | |
| Synonyms | excavation, archeological site | |
| Category | archeology, archaeology | The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
| Instances | Byblos | An ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC |
| Broader | site, land site | The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) |
| Spanish | excavación, sitio arqueológico | |
| Catalan | excavació | |
| Verbs | dig | turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
| dig | create by digging | |
| dig | remove the inner part or the core of | |
| Meaning | An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. | |
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| Example | "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" | |
| Synonyms | shot, shaft, slam, barb, jibe, gibe | |
| Narrower | cheap shot | An unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person |
| Broader | remark, comment, input | A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information |
| Spanish | burla, dicterio, escarnio, mofa, pulla, rehilete, sarcasmo | |
| Catalan | befa, burla, dicteri, escarni, escarn, mofa, pulla, sarcasme | |
| Meaning | A small gouge (as in the cover of a book). | |
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| Example | "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover" | |
| Broader | dent, ding, gouge, nick | An impression in a surface (as made by a blow / blow) |
| Meaning | The act of digging. | |
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| Synonyms | excavation, digging | |
| Broader | creating by removal | The act of creating by removing something |
| Spanish | excavación | |
| Catalan | excavació | |
| Verbs | dig | turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
| dig | create by digging | |
| dig | remove the inner part or the core of | |
| Meaning | The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow. | |
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| Example | "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" | |
| Synonym | jab | |
| Broader | touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
| Verbs | dig | poke or thrust abruptly |
| Meaning | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Dig we must" | |
| Synonyms | delve, cut into, turn over | |
| Entailed by | hoe | dig with a hoe |
| mine | Get from the earth by excavation | |
| plow, plough, turn | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow | |
| quarry | extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry | |
| Narrower | burrow, tunnel | Move through by or as by digging |
| furrow, rut, groove | hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | |
| rout, root, rootle | dig with the snout | |
| shovel | dig with or as if with a shovel | |
| spade | dig (up) with a spade | |
| trowel | Use a trowel on | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| See also | dig in | eat heartily |
| dig out | dig out from underneath earth or snow | |
| dig up | find by digging in the ground | |
| Spanish | cavar, excavar | |
| Catalan | cavar, excavar | |
| Nouns | dig | the site of an archeological exploration |
| digger | a machine for excavating | |
| digging, dig | the act of digging | |
| Meaning | create by digging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | dig out | |
| Entails | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Narrower | dibble | make a hole with a wooden hand tool |
| lift | Take (root crops) out of the ground | |
| trench | dig a trench / trench or trenches / trenches | |
| Broader | hollow, hollow out, core out | Remove the interior of |
| Spanish | ahondar, cavar, excavar | |
| Catalan | cavar, excavar | |
| Nouns | dig | the act of digging |
| dig | the site of an archeological exploration | |
| digger | a machine for excavating | |
| digger | a laborer who digs | |
| Meaning | Work hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She was digging away at her math homework" | |
| Synonyms | labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, moil | |
| Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
| Spanish | afanarse, fatigarse, trabajar duro | |
| Meaning | Remove, harvest, or recover by digging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | dig up, dig out | |
| Broader | excavate, unearth | Recover through digging |
| Meaning | Thrust down or into. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | thrust | Push forcefully |
| Meaning | Remove the inner part or the core of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | excavate, hollow | |
| Narrower | drive | Excavate horizontally |
| trench, ditch | cut a trench in, as for drainage | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | cavar, excavar | |
| Catalan | cavar | |
| Nouns | dig | the act of digging |
| dig | the site of an archeological exploration | |
| Meaning | poke or thrust abruptly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | jab, prod, stab, poke | |
| Broader | thrust | Push forcefully |
| Spanish | aguijonear, apuñalar, atropellar, golpear, hincar, picar, pinchar | |
| Catalan | picar, punxar | |
| Nouns | dig | the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow |
| Meaning | Get the meaning / meaning of something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend | |
| Narrower | catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it | understand, usually after some initial difficulty |
| digest | Arrange and integrate in the mind | |
| figure | understand | |
| intuit | know or grasp by intuition or feeling | |
| Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
| Spanish | aferrar, aprehender, captar, comprender, entender | |
| Catalan | aferrar, comprendre, entendre | |
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