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   delve

   /dɛlv/

   verb

   • 1. reach inside a receptacle and search for something: "she delved in her pocket" Similar rummage (about/around/round) insearch (through)hunt throughscrabble about/around inroot about/around inferret (about/around) infish about/around inpoke about/around indig ingrub about/around ingo throughburrow inrifle throughscourransackturn upside downturn inside outinformal:rootle around infossick throughrare:roust around in
   • ▪ research or make painstaking inquiries into something: "the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter" Similar investigateconduct investigations intomake inquiries intoinquire intoprobeexamineexploreresearchstudylook intogo intotry to get to the bottom of
   • 2. dig; excavate: archaic "when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"

   Word Origin Old Englishdelfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven.

   Derivatives

   • 1. delver noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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