dig

diɡ 1. present participle - digging; verb

1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) spa/grave opp

2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) grave

3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) dytte, støte

2. noun

(a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) dytt, støt

- digger

- dig out
- dig up

arbeide

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grave

I

subst. \/dɪɡ\/

1) graving, utgravingsplass

2) utgraving

• we visited an archaeological dig today

vi besøkte en arkeologisk utgraving i dag

3) (hverdagslig) støt, stikk, puff, dytt

4) (overført) stikk, hint, spydighet, spark

• that remark was a dig at me

den bemerkningen var et stikk til meg

5) (amer., slang) lesehest

II

verb (dug - dug) \/dɪɡ\/

1) grave, grave i

2) rote i (jorden)

3) grave opp, grave ut, grave frem

• the archaeologists were digging a new site

4) (overført) lete frem, grave frem, grave opp

• we need to dig the facts about this event from books

vi må grave frem fakta om denne hendelsen fra bøker

5) lete, søke, rote

• she dug into her bag and produced a pen

6) (spesielt amer., slang, også dig in) pugge, legge seg i selen, jobbe, slite

7) (hverdagslig) bo, losjere

8) støte, stikke, kjøre, hugge, sette, bore

• she dug her fork into the pie

hun stakk gaffelen i paien

• look how he digs his spurs into the horse

se hvordan han hugger sporene inn i hesten

• she dug her nails into his arm

hun boret neglene inn i armen hans

9) (gammeldags, hverdagslig) digge, like

• I dig modern jazz

jeg digger moderne jazz

10) (slang) forstå, fatte, begripe

• do you dig what I'm saying?

skjønner du hva jeg sier?

11) (slang) sjekke (se på)

• dig those shoes he's wearing

sjekk de skoene han har på seg

dig away at jobbe (med), slite (med)

• he dug away at his work

han slet med arbeidet

dig in grave ned (militærvesen) grave seg ned (hverdagslig, om mat) hugg inn, hiv innpå

dig into kaste seg over, hugge innpå

• she dug into her meal

hun kastet seg over måltidet

dig oneself in bli varm i skjorta, installere seg trenge inn i emnet (militærvesen) grave seg ned

dig one's feet\/heels\/toes in (hverdagslig) sette seg til motverge, gjøre motstand

dig out (også overført) grave frem, lete frem

• she dug out some old papers from the box

hun gravde frem noen gamle papirer fra boksen

(amer.) stikke av

dig potatoes ta opp poteter

dig up (også overført) grave opp

• he dug up an old statue from the hole in the ground

han gravde opp en gammel statue fra hullet i bakken

• the journalist dug up a scandal

journalisten gravde opp en skandale