dig meaning
EN
[dɪɡ] [-ɪɡ] 
US WDig
- Dig may refer to:
EN DIG 
- NounPLdigs
- An archeological investigation.
- (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
- A thrust; a poke.
- He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.
- (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
- An archeological investigation.
- VerbSGdigsPRdiggingPT, PPdug
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road.
- In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.
- If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
- My seven-year-old son always digs a hole in the middle of his mashed potatoes and fills it with gravy before he starts to eat them.
- (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- to dig potatoes; to dig up gold
- (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- to dig up evidence; to dig out the facts
- To thrust; to poke.
- (slang) To understand or show interest in.
- You dig?
- (slang) To appreciate, or like.
- Baby, I dig you.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ven-year-old son always digs a hole in the middle of his mashed potatoes and fills it with gravy before he starts to eat them.
- the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
- At a glance it seems that he is a nice guy, but upon digging deeper the truth emerges.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dig in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "dig" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.