Synonyms for delve
- burrow
- inquire
- dig
- dredge
- examine
- excavate
- explore
- investigate
- probe
- prospect
- ransack
- research
- rummage
- search
- seek
- shovel
- sift
- spade
- trowel
- unearth
- ferret out
- go into
- gouge out
- jump into
- leave no stone unturned
- look into
- really get into
- scoop out
- turn inside out
Antonyms for delve
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR DELVE
The latter, with little hesitation, allowed him to delve into official secrets.
Delve from the surface of your sphere to its heart, and at once your radius joins every other.
It is not necessary to delve deeply into the characters of these citizens of Forks.
The more you delve into the religions of the Americans the more anomalies you find.
I wanted to know, to question, to bruise, to delve into her heart.
She had determined to delve more deeply into the mysteries of this island.
You delve deeper, using the back of your hand as a plow-share.
I would that I could delve beneath the surface and unearth some of its mysteries.
Only the delve with which he walked suggested a man from Thrums.
Late rhapsodists would not delve in the archaeology of the Mycenaean prime.
WORD ORIGIN
Old English delfan "to dig" (class III strong verb; past tense dealf, past participle dolfen), common West Germanic verb (cf. Old Saxon delban, Dutch delven, Middle High German telben "to dig"), from PIE root *dhelbh- (cf. Lithuanian delba "crowbar," Russian dolbit', Czech dlabati, Polish dłubać "to chisel;" Russian dolotó, Czech dlato, Polish dłuto "chisel"). Weak inflections emerged 14c.-16c. Related: Delved; delving.