Delve

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  • intransitive verb. To search deeply and laboriously.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To research or make inquiries into something.
  • intransitive verb. To undertake an activity or occupation undeterred by difficulty or uncertainty.
  • intransitive verb. To discuss or explain something, especially in detail.
  • intransitive verb. To enter or move into an area in which movement is difficult.
  • intransitive verb. To dig the ground, as with a spade.
  • intransitive verb. To dig (ground) with a spade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dig; turn up or excavate with a spade or some other tool.
  • To bury.
  • To practise digging; labor with the spade.
  • Figuratively, to carry on laborious or continued research or investigation, as one digging for hidden treasure.
  • noun. A place dug or hollowed out; a pitfall; a ditch; a den; a cave.
  • noun. That which is dug out: as, a delve of coals (a certain quantity of coal dug from a mine).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
  • transitive verb. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
  • transitive verb. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
  • intransitive verb. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
  • verb. To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
  • verb. To dig, to excavate.
  • noun. A pit or den.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. turn up, loosen, or remove earth
  • Word Usage
    "I didn't mean for this post to once again delve into my mind, but it's a journal, so who cares?"
    Form
    delver  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    remove  take  take away  withdraw  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    burrow  furrow  groove  root  rootle  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    shelve  twelve  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    delved  delves  delving