DIG

noun

1. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
2. A plodding and laborious student.
3. A thrust; a poke.

verb

1. To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
2. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
3. To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.