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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.
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If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
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To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
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to dig potatoes
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To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
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To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
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To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
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to dig out the facts
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To thrust; to poke.
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He dug an elbow into my ribs and guffawed at his own joke.
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To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball