1. Living quarters or accommodation
   "The students found affordable digs near the university campus";
   - diggings [Brit, archaic], lodgings, pad [informal], crib [N. Amer, informal]

1. The act of digging
   "there's an interesting dig going on near Princeton";
   - excavation, digging
    
2. (archeology) the site of an archeological exploration
   "they set up camp next to the dig";
   - excavation, archeological site
    
3. [informal] An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
   "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets";
   - shot, shaft, slam, barb, jibe, gibe
    
4. A small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
   "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
    
5. The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
   "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs";
   - jab

1. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
   "Dig we must";
   - delve [archaic], cut into, turn over
    
2. [US, informal] Work hard
   "She was digging away at her maths homework";
   - labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag [informal], travail [literary], grind [informal], drudge, moil [N. Amer]
    
3. Remove, harvest, or recover by digging
   "dig salt"; "dig coal"; "dig up salt"; "The archaeologists dug out ancient artifacts from the site";
   - dig up, dig out
    
4. Create by digging
   "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel";
   - dig out
    
5. Thrust down or into
   "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
    
6. [informal] Get the meaning of something
   "Do you dig the meaning of this letter?";
   - grok [N. Amer, informal], get the picture [informal], comprehend, savvy, grasp, compass, apprehend
    
7. Push suddenly or strongly with a finger or something pointed
   "he dug his finger into her ribs";
   - jab, prod, stab, poke
    
8. Remove the inner part or the core of
   "the mining company wants to dig the hillside";
   - excavate, hollow

See also: cut

Type of: comment, core out, creating by removal, dent, dig up, ding, excavate, gouge, hollow, hollow out, input, land site, living quarters, nick, quarters, remark, remove, site, take, take away, thrust, touch, touching, understand, unearth, withdraw, work

Encyclopedia: Digs