of dig; to use a tool, machine, claws etc to break up and move (soil etc); make (a way) through, into etc by doing this; make (a hole etc) by doing this
delve into; hollow out
Cases of word usage
1) a deep, long channel dug in or between fields, at the sides of a road etc, used to hold or carry off water (ditch)
2) serious; very sad and disappointing; (a place with) a hole dug in the ground for a dead body (grave)
3) a large hole in the earth, especially one from which material is dug out (pit)
4) a deep ditch dug in the ground, e.g. for the draining of water (trench)
