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Definitions for Delve

[1] to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate: to delve into the issue of prison reform.
[2] Archaic . to dig, as with a spade.
[3] Archaic . to dig; excavate.
[4] to inquire or research deeply or intensively (for information, etc) he delved in the Bible for quotations
[5] to search or rummage (in a drawer, the pockets, etc)
[6] (esp of an animal) to dig or burrow deeply (into the ground, etc)
[7] (also tr) archaic , or dialect to dig or turn up (earth, a garden, etc), as with a spade

Words related to Delve

inquire, burrow, prospect, rummage, search, shovel, unearth, explore, dig, investigate, research, probe, examine, dredge, ransack, sift, seek, excavate, spade, trowel

Words nearby Delve

delusive, delusterant, delustering, deluxe, delvaux, delve, dely., dem, dem., demagnetize, demagogic

Origin of Delve

before 900; Middle English delven, Old English delfan; cognate with Dutch delven, Old High German telban

Other words from Delve

delv·er , noun
un·delved , adjective

Word origin for Delve

Old English delfan; related to Old High German telban to dig, Russian dolbit to hollow out with a chisel

Synonyms for Delve

burrow, inquire, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, investigate, probe, prospect, ransack, research, rummage, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, trowel, unearth, ferret out, go into, gouge out, jump into, leave no stone unturned, look into, really get into, scoop out, turn inside out