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• dig for — [phrasal verb] dig for (something) : to search for (something) by digging miners digging for coal often used figuratively The police have been digging for clues to help solve this murder. • • • Main Entry: ↑dig …   Useful english dictionary

• Dig for Fire — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Dig for Fire» Sencillo de Pixies del álbum Bossanova Lado A «29 de octubre de 1990» Publicación 29 de octubre de 1990 …   Wikipedia Español

• Dig for Fire — Single by Pixies from the album Bossanova A side …   Wikipedia

• dig for — search for, look for …   English contemporary dictionary

• dig for information — v. search for information, look for information …   English contemporary dictionary

• dig — vb Dig, delve, spade, grub, excavate mean to use a spade or similar utensil in breaking up the ground to a point below the surface and in turning or removing the earth or bringing to the surface of something below it. Dig, the commonest word,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Dig — Dig, v. i. 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. [1913 Webster] Dig for it more than for hid treasures. Job iii. 21. [1913 Webster] I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dig — dig1 S3 [dıg] v past tense and past participle dug [dʌg] present participle digging [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dic ditch ] 1.) [I and T] to move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground, using a ↑spade or your… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dig — dig1 [ dıg ] (past tense and past participle dug [ dʌg ] ; present participle dig|ging) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a machine, or a tool, especially a shovel: The children like to dig… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dig — 1 verb past tense and past participle dug, present participle digging 1 (I, T) to move earth or make a hole in it using a spade or your hands: They escaped by digging an underground tunnel. | dig for sth (=dig in order to find something): They re …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dig — I n. (colloq.) excavation 1) to go on a dig 2) an archeological dig poke 3) to give smb. a dig (in the ribs) II v. 1) (D; intr.) to dig for ( to search for ) (to dig for gold) 2) (d; intr.) ( to delve ) to dig into (to dig into a report) 3) (d;… …   Combinatory dictionary