delveverb [ I ]
uk/delv/us/delv/to search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information:
She delved into her pocket to find some change.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- quest
- seek
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
- witch hunt
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Phrasal verb(s)
delve into sth