<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.</li><li>To make one's way or work by or as by removing or turning over material: to dig through the files.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To break up, turn over, or loosen (earth, sand, etc.), as with a shovel, spade, or bulldozer (often followed by up).</li><li>To form or excavate (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.</li><li>To unearth, obtain, or remove by digging (often followed by up or out).</li><li>To find or discover by effort or search.</li><li>To poke, thrust, or force (usually followed by in or into): He dug his heel into the ground.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Thrust; poke: He gave me a dig in the ribs with his elbow.</li><li>A cutting, sarcastic remark.</li><li>An archaeological site undergoing excavation.</li><li>Digs, Informal: living quarters; lodgings.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To discover in the course of digging.</li><li>To locate; find: to dig up information.</li><li>Informal: to attack, work, or apply oneself voraciously, vigorously, or energetically: to dig into a meal.</li><li>To dig into one's work; to dig into a meal.</li><li>To dig trenches, as in order to defend a position in battle.</li><li>To maintain one's opinion or position.</li><li>To start eating.</li><li>To remove earth or debris from by digging.</li><li>To hollow out by digging.</li><li>To find by searching: to dig out facts for a term paper.</li></ul>