(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.

An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. / A thrust; a poke.

(dated slang) To understand. / (dated slang, transitive) To appreciate, or like.

(medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.

The action performed by a person or thing that digs. / A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.

present participle of dig

(colloquial) To begin eating. / (colloquial) To engage in a burst of hard work. / (military, also figuratively in sports) To dig trenches to resist an enemy attack.

plural of digging

(astronomy) Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy.

(astronomy) dwarf irregular galaxy