delve

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.
2. (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
3. (ambitransitive) To dig; to excavate.

Noun

A pit or den.

Synonyms

dig

excavate

burrow

hollow

search

dig up

mine

unearth

rake

dig out

scrabble

cut into

shave

explore

rummage

scratch

scrape

turn over

hoe

hollow out

investigate

pit

poke into

probe

quarry

ransack

ream

remove

rout

sap

seek

🔍

slave

take out

trench

withdraw

go deep

kar

depression

research

root around

to work hard

excavated hole

hgollow

cave

cavity

chuckhole

colliery

cut

den

dig into

Translations

σκάβω

delven

indagare

cavar

creuser

fouiller

cavar

bellemek

حفر

araştırmak

fare ricerche

cavar

استبط

استبحر

نقب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛlv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: delven

Inherited from Old English: delfan

Cognate with Western Frisian: dolle

Cognate with Dutch: delven

Cognate with Low German: dölven

Cognate with German: delben

Inherited from Middle English: delve

Inherited from Old English: delf

In summary

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan (“to dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig”). Cognate with West Frisian dolle (“to dig, delve”), Dutch delven (“to dig, delve”), Low German dölven (“to dig, delve”), dialectal German delben, telben (“to dig, delve”).