'Delve' definitions:

Definition of 'delve'

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verb
Turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into, turn over]

Definition of 'Delve'

From: GCIDE
  • Delve \Delve\, v. i. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge. [1913 Webster]
  • Delve may I not: I shame to beg. --Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Delve'

From: GCIDE
  • Delve \Delve\, n. [See Delve, v. t., and cf. Delf a mine.] A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. [1913 Webster]
  • Which to that shady delve him brought at last. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • The very tigers from their delves Look out. --Moore. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Delve'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. [1913 Webster]
  • I can not delve him to the root. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'delve'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. --Ray. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'delve'

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