Definition of delve Delve
/dΙΛlv/ - [delv] - delve
We found 11 definitions of delve from 5 different sources.
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| delve - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" | ||
| dig, cut into, turn over | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| dig up, excavate, turn up remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" | ||
| pitch in, dig in eat heartily; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in" | ||
| dig out dig out from underneath earth or snow | ||
| groove, rut, furrow make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record" | ||
| rootle, rout, root cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" | ||
| 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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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- delve (v. t.)
To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. - delve (v. t.)
To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. - delve (v. i.)
To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge. - delve (v. t.)
A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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delve
delv, v.t. and v.i. to dig with a spade.βn. (Spens.) a place dug out, a ditch, a cave.βn. Delvβ²er. [A.S. delfan, to dig; conn. with dale, dell.]
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π€- delve, verb, present, 1st person singular of delve (infinitive).
- delve, verb (infinitive).
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