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.-to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.-to hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.-to thrust; to poke.-to work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.-to take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.-to work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.-a thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. see dig, v. t., 4.-a plodding and laborious student.