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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
delve
v 1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over
the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into,
turn over]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Delve \Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delving.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury,
D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf.
Delf a mine.]
1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
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Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor.
--Dryden.
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2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
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I can not delve him to the root. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Delve \Delve\, v. i.
To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as
a drudge.
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Delve may I not: I shame to beg. --Wyclif (Luke
xvi. 3).
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Delve \Delve\, n. [See Delve, v. t., and cf. Delf a mine.]
A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
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Which to that shady delve him brought at last.
--Spenser.
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The very tigers from their delves
Look out. --Moore.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Delf \Delf\ (d[e^]lf), n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See
Delve.]
A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also delft,
and delve.] [Obs.]
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The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins
or machines could . . . keep them dry. --Ray.
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Thesaurus Results for delve:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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