delve
Meaning of delve
verb
- reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
she delved in her pocket
- dig; excavate.
when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels
Old English delfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven .
Information about delve
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Hyphenation of delve
delve
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- delve is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
delve synonyms
Meaning dig:
Meaning clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Anagrams of delve
Words that rhyme with delve
elve, belve, bedelve, undelve, updelve, Helve, helve, reshelve, shelve, unshelve, whelve, Twelve, twelve
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