Delve meaning
To search deeply and laboriously.
Delved through the court records.
verb
To delve is defined as to jump into researching something or to dig around looking for something.
When you jump into researching the question of global warming, this is an example of a situation where you delve into the topic.
When you dig around in your purse to try to find your wallet, this is an example of a situation where you delve into your purse.
verb
To dig the ground, as with a spade.
verb
To dig (ground) with a spade.
verb
To dig with a spade.
verb
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To investigate for information; search (into books, the past, etc.)
verb
To enter or move into an area in which movement is difficult.
The explorers delved into the forest.
verb
To dig or turn up (ground)
verb
A den or pit dug out.
noun
(intransitive) To dig, to excavate.
verb
Origin of delve
- Middle English delven to dig from Old English delfan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English delven, delfan (“to dig, examine, bury, imbed, implant”), from Old English delfan (“to dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig”). Compare Dutch delven.
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