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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
delvĀ·er , noun
unĀ·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