delve
Other forms: delving; delved; delves
The verb delve means to dig into, loosen, or investigate. She delved into her family's history and discovered an inventor, a checkers champion, and a circus equestrian in her ancestry.
Delve has a literal meaning of to dig into the earth ("to delve the soil," as in preparing a garden, for example), but this sense is rare now. The verb is most often used in the more figurative sense — like to delve into a problem or into someone's personal life.
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turn up, loosen, or remove earth
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furrow, groove, rut
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
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root, rootle, rout
dig with the snout
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spade
dig (up) with a spade
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shovel
dig with or as if with a shovel
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trowel
use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
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burrow, tunnel
move through by or as by digging
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ridge
spade into alternate ridges and troughs
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search for something in a receptacle or container
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search
subject to a search
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search
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inquire into
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prospect
explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
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google
search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
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mapquest
search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program
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re-explore
explore anew
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beat about, cast about, cast around
search anxiously
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investigate, look into
investigate scientifically
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consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
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anatomise, anatomize
analyze down to the smallest detail
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diagnose, name
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
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diagnose
subject to a medical analysis
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appraise, survey
consider in a comprehensive way
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survey
make a survey of; for statistical purposes
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compare
examine and note the similarities or differences of
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check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
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assay
analyze (chemical substances)
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reexamine, review
look at again; examine again
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audit, inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
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screen
examine methodically
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follow, trace
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
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investigate, look into
investigate scientifically
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sieve, sift
check and sort carefully
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consider, look at, view
look at carefully; study mentally
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process
analyze or examine so as to come to terms with
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explore
examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
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explore
examine minutely
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explore, research, search
inquire into
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explore
travel to or penetrate into
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analogise, analogize
make an analogy
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collate
compare critically; of texts
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bioassay
subject to a bio-assay
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examine, probe
question or examine thoroughly and closely
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research
attempt to find out in a systematic and scientific manner
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contemplate
look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
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groak
look or stare at longingly
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canvas, canvass, poll
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
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follow, keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over
follow with the eyes or the mind
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experiment
conduct a test or investigation
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Vocabulary lists containing delve
After escaping a Soviet military camp, U.S. Air Force pilot Joseph "Mack" Makatozi navigates the Siberian wilderness as a native tracker is on his trail.
In this first book of the Winterhouse trilogy, eleven-year-old orphan Elizabeth Somers is sent by her aunt and uncle to a hotel in the snowy mountains, where she discovers magical mysteries and adventures with the other guests and owner.
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