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Delve

Delve Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Delve? [v] turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Delve: cut into \| dig \| turn over Related Terms \| Find terms related to Delve: backset \| beat the bushes \| bore \| burrow \| cavity \| cultivate \| culture \| cut \| dig \| dig out \| dike \| dredge \| dress \| drill \| drive \| excavate \| explore \| fallow \| fertilize \| forage \| force \| frisk \| furrow \| go through \| gouge \| gouge out \| groove \| grub \| harrow \| hoe \| hollow \| hunt \| list \| look around \| look round \| look through \| lower \| mine \| mulch \| nose around \| plow \| pocket \| poke \| poke around \| prune \| pry \| quarry \| rake \| research \| root \| sap \| scoop \| scoop out \| scrabble \| scrape \| scratch \| search \| search through \| shovel \| sink \| smell around \| spade \| thin \| thin out \| till \| till the soil \| trench \| trough \| tunnel \| vacancy \| vacuity \| vacuum \| void \| weed \| weed out \| work See Also \| burrow \| dig in \| dig out \| dig up \| excavate \| furrow \| groove \| pitch in \| remove \| root \| rootle \| rout \| rut \| shovel \| spade \| take \| take away \| trowel \| tunnel \| turn up \| withdraw Delve In Webster's Dictionary \Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delving}.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf. {Delf} a mine.] 1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor. --Dryden. 2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. I can not delve him to the root. --Shak. \Delve\, v. i. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge. Delve may I not: I shame to beg. --Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3). \Delve\, n. [See {Delve}, v. t., and cf. {Delf} a mine.] A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. Which to that shady delve him brought at last. --Spenser. The very tigers from their delves Look out. --Moore.

Delve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delve?

[v] turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Delve: cut into | dig | turn over

Delve In Webster's Dictionary

\Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Delving}.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury,
D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf.
{Delf} a mine.]
1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

         Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor.
                                               --Dryden.

2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.

         I can not delve him to the root.      --Shak.


\Delve\, v. i.
To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as
a drudge.

      Delve may I not: I shame to beg.         --Wyclif (Luke
                                               xvi. 3).


\Delve\, n. [See {Delve}, v. t., and cf. {Delf} a mine.]
A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

      Which to that shady delve him brought at last.
--Spenser.

      The very tigers from their delves Look out. --Moore.

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