to delve
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6.3
- verb
- /dɛlv/
:
cavar
- We moved on, delving deeper, spiraling downward.
It would be well be delving into the dredges depths.
- It would be well be delving into the dredges depths.
Examples
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When they came downstairs, we all delved into the pasta.
Fiction book (1993) -
My back now to freedom, I delve deeper into the house.
Blog text (11) -
Then she delved into a pocket.
Fiction book (1992) -
Over the past two decades, foreign film producers have delved into the traditional musics of particular cultures.
Academic text (2009) -
Physicists delved into the atom and discovered the reason that stars shine.
Academic text (2000) -
The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep.
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Around us in the dark, the rats were twittering, unnerved by the fire and trying to delve deep into the bowels of the building.
Fiction book (1990) -
One of the men delved in a creel and came forward, his hollow hands weighted and dripping.
Fiction book (2001) -
The archaeologist plans to delve into the ancient burial site with a spade.
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Children love to delve in the sandbox to find hidden treasures.
Synonyms
912
1.0
To move earth with a tool to make a hole
139
2.0
To take something out of the ground by digging
85
1.0
To move or dig material with a wide blade and handle
70
3.7
To look at something carefully, often by searching under the surface
28
5.8
To dig in the ground to find or remove old objects, often by archaeologists
18
4.2
To dig up something buried in the ground
14
3.2
Remove something that is under the ground or snow using a shovel
5
3.4
Dig and loosen soil to prepare it for planting
5
2.1
To break and loosen soil in a garden with a long-handled flat blade
3
4.5
To loosen and move soil with a tool like a spade
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2.5
To dig or move earth using a long tool with a flat blade
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Delve comes from the old English verb delfan meaning 'to dig', so it originally meant to dig or turn the earth, just like when you 'dig' a garden.