dig-v; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: to delve into, prod, and/or move around material

Commentary:
NOTE: Includes metaphorical uses. Syntax Is: NP1[agent] DIG NP2[patient]

Examples:
Marilyn loves to dig in the garden.
The boys are out back, digging for treasure.
A gold mining company is poised to dig at Ghana's Crater Lake
We dig the web so you don't have to.
Mark dug his elbow into her side, cutting her off mid-sentence.
The nurse dug into the wound, trying to remove the gravel.
With a contented sigh, she dug her heels into the sand.
The psychologist dug deeply into her subconscious.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hunt-35.1,poke-19
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: dig.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 5, 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dig_into 1

Sense Number 2: create by digging

Commentary:
NOTE: Includes figurative uses. Syntax Is: NP1[agent] DIG NP2[patient]

Examples:
They dug his grave in the dead of night.
We thought we were building our dream house, but instead we were digging a money pit.
Start by digging a trench at one end of the plot.

Mappings:
VerbNet: create-26.4-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dig_out 3

Sense Number 3: excavate; uncover by or as if by digging

Commentary: Includes: DIG OUT, DIG UP

Examples:
I dig potatoes after the vine is all dead.
Japanese archaeologists have dug up a 2100-year-old melon.
Property developers had dug up the remains of fourteen thousand cows.
So a few days later he dug up the gold and secretly buried it near the roadside.
He dug up secrets from her past and used them against her.
We dug all the coal by the end of the summer.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hunt-35.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: dig.02,dig.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dig_out 2
dig_up 1, 2

Sense Number 4: escape by or as if by digging

Commentary: Is: DIG OUT Includes metaphorical uses.

Examples:
Survivors of the Phillipine typhoon are digging themselves out of the rubble.
In this 3-hour workshop, I explain how to dig yourself out of credit card debt.
Wal-Mart aims to dig out of soft sales performance.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dig_out 2

Sense Number 5: entrench or invest oneself in a location or situation

Commentary: Includes: DIG IN

Examples:
The troops dug in for the night.
Lebanon gunmen have dug in for a two-year battle.
Firefighters dig in at the Georgia swamp to combat the raging wildfire.
Stop talking. You're just digging yourself in deeper.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dig_in 1

Sense Number 6: eat heartily

Examples:
"Dig in!" she said, placing the steaming platter on the table.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dig_in 2

Sense Number 7: notice, understand or appreciate

Examples:
"Hey, dig the hair on that lady."
I really dig what you're saying.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 8: work hard and make (slow) progress

Commentary: Is: DIG AWAY

Examples:
She dug away at the mountain of homework she had to finish.
I'm going to keep digging away at this book until it's over.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3