DIG INTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dig into mean? 

• DIG INTO (verb)
  The verb DIG INTO has 1 sense:

1. examine physically with or as if with a probe

  Familiarity information: DIG INTO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIG INTO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine physically with or as if with a probe

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

dig into; poke into; probe

Context example:

probe an anthill

Hypernyms (to "dig into" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dig into"):

gutter (wear or cut gutters into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something