The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

   to dig in one's heels To offer stubborn resistance.
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