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- DictionaryDelve/delv/
verb
- 1. reach inside a receptacle and search for something: "she delved in her pocket"
- 2. dig; excavate: archaic "when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"
1. : to dig or labor with or as if with a spade. delved into her handbag in search of a pen. 2. a. : to make a careful or detailed search for information. delved into the past. b. : to examine a subject in detail.
DELVE definition: 1. to reach into something or under the surface of something trying find an object: 2. to examine…. Learn more.
Delve definition: to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate. See examples of DELVE used in a sentence.
The verb delve means to dig into, loosen, or investigate. She delved into her family's history and discovered an inventor, a checkers champion, and a circus equestrian in her ancestry. Delve has a literal meaning of to dig into the earth ("to delve the soil," as in preparing a garden, for example), but this sense is rare now.
DELVE meaning: 1. to reach into something or under the surface of something trying find an object: 2. to examine…. Learn more.
verb (mainly intr; often foll by in or into) 1. to inquire or research deeply or intensively (for information, etc) he delved in the Bible for quotations. 2. to search or rummage (in a drawer, the pockets, etc) 3. (esp of an animal) to dig or burrow deeply (into the ground, etc) 4. (also tr) archaic or dialect.
1. To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information: dig, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, reconnoiter, scout. 2. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool: dig, excavate, grub, scoop, shovel, spade.
Definition of delve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Delve Definition. To search deeply and laboriously. Delved through the court records. To investigate for information; search ( into books, the past, etc.) To research or make inquiries into something. Scientists delving into gene regulation.
DELVE definition: to search in a container to try to find something: . Learn more.
