(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.

(medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.

to move material to create a hole

(astronomy) dwarf irregular galaxy

To research a particular subject. / To begin eating heartily.

(astronomy) Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy.

(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 DIG

present participle of dig in