dug

(verb): 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.
(verb): To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
(verb): To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
(verb): To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
(verb): To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
(verb): To thrust; to poke.
(verb): To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
(verb): To understand or show interest in.
(verb): To appreciate, or like.

If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
to dig potatoes
to dig out the facts
He dug an elbow into my ribs and guffawed at his own joke.
You dig?