delve

delve

D0117100 (dĕlv)v. delved, delv·ing, delves v.intr.1. To search deeply and laboriously: delved through the court records.2. a. To research or make inquiries into something: scientists delving into gene regulation.b. To undertake an activity or occupation undeterred by difficulty or uncertainty: delved into writing a blog.c. To discuss or explain something, especially in detail: The article delves into the problems facing the banking system.3. To enter or move into an area in which movement is difficult: The explorers delved into the forest.4. 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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delv′er n.

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. (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] ˈdelver n

delve

(dɛlv)

v. delved, delv•ing. v.i. 1. to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like. 2. Archaic. to dig, as with a spade. v.t. 3. Archaic. to dig; excavate. [before 900; Middle English; Old English delfan; c. Old Saxon -delban, Old High German -telban] delv′er, n.

delve

Past participle: delved
Gerund: delving

Imperative
delve
delve

Present
I delve
you delve
he/she/it delves
we delve
you delve
they delve

Preterite
I delved
you delved
he/she/it delved
we delved
you delved
they delved

Present Continuous
I am delving
you are delving
he/she/it is delving
we are delving
you are delving
they are delving

Present Perfect
I have delved
you have delved
he/she/it has delved
we have delved
you have delved
they have delved

Past Continuous
I was delving
you were delving
he/she/it was delving
we were delving
you were delving
they were delving

Past Perfect
I had delved
you had delved
he/she/it had delved
we had delved
you had delved
they had delved

Future
I will delve
you will delve
he/she/it will delve
we will delve
you will delve
they will delve

Future Perfect
I will have delved
you will have delved
he/she/it will have delved
we will have delved
you will have delved
they will have delved

Future Continuous
I will be delving
you will be delving
he/she/it will be delving
we will be delving
you will be delving
they will be delving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been delving
you have been delving
he/she/it has been delving
we have been delving
you have been delving
they have been delving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been delving
you will have been delving
he/she/it will have been delving
we will have been delving
you will have been delving
they will have been delving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been delving
you had been delving
he/she/it had been delving
we had been delving
you had been delving
they had been delving

Conditional
I would delve
you would delve
he/she/it would delve
we would delve
you would delve
they would delve

Past Conditional
I would have delved
you would have delved
he/she/it would have delved
we would have delved
you would have delved
they would have delved

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

delve - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"cut into, dig, turn overremove, 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 workburrow, tunnel - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

delve

verb1. 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.

delve

verb1. To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information:dig, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, reconnoiter, scout.2. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:dig, excavate, grub, scoop, shovel, spade.

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