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Delve

/dɛlv/

To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.

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📖 Definitions of "Delve"

verb

1
To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
2
To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
3
To dig, to excavate.

🔄 Synonyms of "Delve"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
turn oververb	(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
cut intoverb	Synonym of cut in (to include)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Delve"

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Word	Definition
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
turn oververb	(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
cut intoverb	Synonym of cut in (to include)
excavateverb	(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
immerseverb	(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
plungeverb	(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
diveverb	(intransitive) To swim under water.
strip-searchverb	Alternative form of strip search. [To search for items hidden on a person, by removing clothes.]
widenverb	(transitive) To make wide or wider.
probeverb	(ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
deepenverb	(transitive) To make deep or deeper
elaborateverb	(transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
exploreverb	(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
friskverb	(transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
searchverb	(transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
dwellverb	(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
ferretverb	An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
undelveverb	To reveal by delving; to dig up.
sinknoun	A basin used for holding water for washing.
dig outverb	(transitive) To remove something by digging.