delve

[ delv ]

/ dɛlv /

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verb (used without object), delved, delv·ing.

to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate: to delve into the issue of prison reform.

Archaic. to dig, as with a spade.

verb (used with object), delved, delv·ing.

Archaic. to dig; excavate.

OTHER WORDS FOR delve

1 research, inquire, probe, examine, explore.

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Origin of delve

before 900; Middle English delven,Old English delfan; cognate with Dutch delven,Old High German telban

OTHER WORDS FROM delve

delver, nounun·delved, adjective

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How to use delve in a sentence

In 2021, Reuters plans to roll out a hybrid events model, which will delve further into region-based networking without losing the benefits of virtual that the Reuters team has discovered over the past eight months.
‘The format is secondary’: How Reuters Events will drive global and local engagement on- and off-line|Kayleigh Barber|November 16, 2020|Digiday
Watch below — then scroll to delve even deeper into people, places, and one-of-a-kind foods featured on the show.
Welcome to ‘Eater’s Guide to the World’|Eater Staff|November 11, 2020|Eater
In this issue, we delve into the world of botanists trying to save the last plants of their kind from extinction.
In praise of serendipity — and scientific obsession|Nancy Shute|November 6, 2020|Science News
The book delves into his story and personal history, but it largely serves as a warning.
Elijah Cummings has a message for voters ‘from beyond the grave’|Nicole Goodkind|October 21, 2020|Fortune

Among the slew of changes to search Google announced Thursday, we wanted to delve deeper into the passage-based indexing announcement.
How Google indexes passages of a page and what it means for SEO|Barry Schwartz|October 15, 2020|Search Engine Land
Delving deeper into this despair, photographs of “The Forgotten Ones” examine the lives of various groups of Latin American women.
In ‘Urbes Mutantes,’ Scenes From Latin America’s Transformations|Justin Jones|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Delving into why this slaughter never happened uncovers a story of spy-craft, subterfuge and tightly-kept secrets.
The Woman Who Saved Syria’s Jews|Emma Beals|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By the time they were finished, they were even delving into sports programs and old exam books.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon|Robert Sam Anson|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without delving into spoilers, what if a trait like vulnerability can also be a source of strength?
Book Bag: How to Survive—Five Stories About Unlikely Survivors|Claire Cameron|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By delving into her own experience, Carucci was able to examine more deeply the universality of motherhood.
Elinor Carucci Captures the Messy, Beautiful Reality of Motherhood|Amy Zimmerman|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Its allegory, its learned literary allusions, its delving into obscure historic events, preclude any hope of popular success.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
I hope I can pry Welborn loose from his digging and delving long enough to take me over that road again.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
No thought here for the outer world, for poor Piers diking and delving in the fields.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest|Annie Nathan Meyer
But it is not possible to enjoy the least serenity with your habit of delving incessantly among the greatest mysteries.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2|Gustave Flaubert
He was delving for matches by this time, and seemed disappointed that none was to be found in his pockets.
The Prairie Child|Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for delve

delve

/ (dɛlv) /

verb (mainly intr; often foll by in or into)

to inquire or research deeply or intensively (for information, etc)he delved in the Bible for quotations

to search or rummage (in a drawer, the pockets, etc)

(esp of an animal) to dig or burrow deeply (into the ground, etc)

(also tr) archaic, or dialect to dig or turn up (earth, a garden, etc), as with a spade

Derived forms of delve

delver, noun

Word Origin for delve

Old English delfan; related to Old High German telban to dig, Russian dolbit to hollow out with a chisel

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