delve

delve  (dlv)

v. delved, delv·ing, delves

v.intr.

1. To search deeply and laboriously: delved into the court records.

2. To dig the ground, as with a spade.

v.tr.

Archaic To dig (ground) with a spade.

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[Middle English delven, to dig, from Old English delfan.]

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delver n.

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delve [dɛlv]

vb (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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (esp of an animal) to dig or burrow deeply (into the ground, etc.)

4. (also tr) Archaic or dialect to dig or turn up (earth, a garden, etc.), as with a spade

[Old English delfan; related to Old High German telban to dig, Russian dolbit to hollow out with a chisel]

delver  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

delve - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" cut into, dig, turn over remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" furrow, groove, rut - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" rootle, rout, root - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" spade - dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds" shovel - dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" trowel - use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work burrow, tunnel - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

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delve

verb

1. research, investigate, explore, examine, probe, look into, burrow, dig into She delved into her mother's past.

2. rummage, search, look into, burrow, ransack, forage, dig into, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) He delved into his rucksack and pulled out a folder.

Translations

delve [delv] VI to delve into [+ pocket, cupboard] → hurgar en, rebuscar en; [+ subject] → profundizar en, ahondar en; [+ past] → hurgar en
we must delve deeper → tenemos que profundizar or ahondar todavía más

delve [ˈdɛlv] vi

(= reach, search) to delve into sth [+ cupboard, bag] → fouiller dans qch

(= investigate) to delve into sth [+ subject, past] → fouiller dans qch

delve

vi (into subject) → sich eingehend befassen (into mit); (into book) → sich vertiefen (→ into in +acc); to delve in(to) one’s pocket/a drawer → tief in die Tasche/eine Schublade greifen; to delve into the past → die Vergangenheit erforschen

delve [dɛlv] vi to delve into (pocket, bag) → frugare in; (subject) → far ricerche in

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delve [dɛlv] vi to delve into (pocket, bag) → frugare in; (subject) → far ricerche in