delve

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A pit or den

the wise Merlin whylome wont (they say) / To make his wonne, low vnderneath the ground, / In a deepe delue, farre from the vew of day .

To dig, to excavate

Let him take off his plates and delve himself, if delving must be done.

To search thoroughly and carefully for information

She was intensely eager to delve into the mystery of Mr. Joplin and his brief case.

To dig the ground, especially with a shovel

I got a spade from the tool-house, and began to delve with all my might - it scraped the coffin; I fell to work with my hands; the wood commenced cracking about the screws; I was on the point of attaining my object, when it seemed that I heard a sigh from some one above, close at the edge of the grave, and bending down.

{n} a ditch, pit, den, cave, hole, quantity
{v} to dig, open sift, fathom, examin
To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom
To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade
If you delve inside something such as a cupboard or a bag, you search inside it. She delved into her rucksack and pulled out a folder
If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it. Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother's past If you're interested in a subject, use the Internet to delve deeper. = dig, probe
A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave
To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge
{f} go down deep, explore; seek information
turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
delve into
Explore, dig into, go into, inquire into, investigate, look into, probe, prospect, sift
delver
{n} one who digs or opens with a spade
delved
past of delve
delver
One who digs or delves, as with a spade
delver
{i} deep thinker; one who investigates data
delver
One who digs, as with a spade
delves
third-person singular of delve
delving
present participle of delve
delve
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