He dug into the soft soil and made a hole for the roots of the bush.
•He grabbed a shovel and dug in where he thought the tree ought to go.
2. Fig. to begin to process something; to go to work on something. •I have to dig into all these applications today and process at least half of them.
•Jed got out the stack of unanswered mail and dug in.
3. Fig. to begin to eat food. •We dug into the huge pile of fried chicken.
•I stuck the corner of my napkin in my collar and dug in.