Betekenis van dig In het Nederlands

• 0 to break up and move soil using a tool, a machine, or your hands:

  • Digging (in) the garden is good exercise.

  • The tunnel was dug with the aid of heavy machinery.

  • The dog was digging a hole to hide its bone in.

• 1 to search somewhere when you are looking for an object or information :

  • He dug into his pocket and took out a few coins.

  • As I dug deeper into his past (= found out more about it), I realized that there was a lot about this man that I didn't know.

• 2 to push the side of someone's body quickly with your elbow (= the middle part of the arm where it bends) often as a way of sharing a private joke with that person or to get their attention

• 3 to like or understand something:

  • Hey, I really dig those shoes!

  • You dig my meaning, man?

• 4 a remark that is intended to criticize, embarrass, or make a joke about someone:

  • He's always taking digs/a dig at me.

  • UK also He's always having/making dig/a dig at me.

• 5 the process of carefully removing soil and objects from an area of historical interest:

  • an archaeological dig

• 6 informal for lodgings :

  • Many students in London have to live in digs.

• 7 to move and break up earth using a tool, a machine, or your hands, or to make a hole, channel, etc. by moving and breaking up earth:

  • [ I ] Friends came with rakes and shovels ready to dig into the earth.

  • [ M ] I was planning to go out and dig up some hibiscus plants.

  • [ T ] Most people out in the country have to dig their own wells.

• 8 to press or push strongly:

  • He dug his hand into his pocket, searching for a quarter.

• 9 a criticism, esp. a remark about someone that does not seem intentional but actually is:

  • His reference to how busy we were was a dig at us for forgetting to greet him properly.

• 10 the activity of removing earth to find objects of interest to history or science