delve

Speech parts

1. delve - Noun

2. delve - Verb

3. Delve - Proper noun

Meaning

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

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

To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.

A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dig research investigate turn over cut into spade scrabble sound fish burrow plumb fossa ferret hoe rummage
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Antonyms

direct contain cover enter apply defend
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Hypernyms

take remove withdraw take away

Hyponyms

spade burrow root tunnel groove rout

Phrases with the word

delve into

Derivatives

delved delving

Anagrams

devel

Examples

I feel like when I work that is my time to express myself and to be creative and to really delve into somebody else's mind, heart and psyche. That is my thing. Gwyneth Paltrow

With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will. Ernst Haas

I would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into. Noah Hathaway

I don't want to delve into the past for archeological pleasure - though it could have been that - but because the past has a reality which conditions us deep down. Then if you bring it slowly to the surface, it's full of possibilities. Jannis Kounellis

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. Claude Monet

My career is there for everyone to see and delve into. Cat Stevens

Close letter words and terms

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