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delve - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'delve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Delve [ v. i.]
- To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
2 . Delve [ v. t.]
- To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
- To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
- A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

Meaning of 'delve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . delve [ v]
Meaning (1):
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Example in sentence:
  • Dig we must;
  • turn over the soil for aeration