I.
noun
1 ( esp. BrE ) small push
ADJECTIVE
▪ sharp
VERB + DIG
▪ give
▪
She gave him a sharp ~ in the ribs.
▪ feel , get
PHRASES
▪ a ~ in the ribs
2 critical remark
ADJECTIVE
▪ little
▪ sly ( esp. BrE )
▪
I resisted the temptation to get in a sly ~ at Fred.
VERB + DIG
▪ get in , have , make , take ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪ ~ at
▪
They were having a little ~ at her about the way she tells everybody else what to do.
3 in the ground
ADJECTIVE
▪ archaeological
VERB + DIG
▪ go on
▪
I went on a ~ over the summer.
DIG + VERB
▪ reveal sth
▪
The ~ revealed the site of a Roman villa.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ deep , deeply
▪
We'll have to ~ deep to get at the roots.
▪ down
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They were digging for buried treasure.
▪ into
▪
I could feel the teeth ~ into my skin.
▪
He was unwilling to ~ into Sylvia's past. ( figurative )
▪ through
▪
We found ourselves digging through solid clay.
Dig is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ mole
Dig is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ canal , ↑ claw , ↑ dirt , ↑ ditch , ↑ foundation , ↑ garden , ↑ grave , ↑ hole , ↑ nail , ↑ pit , ↑ pond , ↑ shaft , ↑ soil , ↑ trench , ↑ tunnel , ↑ well