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delve

/dɛlv/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
  2. To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
  3. To dig, to excavate.
  4. A pit or den.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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