Need another word that means the same as “delve”? Find 36 synonyms and 30 related words for “delve” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Delve” are: cut into, dig, turn over, rummage in, rummage about in, rummage around in, rummage round in, search, search through, hunt through, root about in, root around in, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, fish about in, fish around in, poke about in, poke around in, dig in, go through, burrow in, investigate, conduct investigations into, make inquiries into, inquire into, probe, examine, explore, research, study, look into, go into, excavate, burrow, tunnel
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “delve” as a verb can have the following definitions:
burrow | Hide underneath or press close to something. The child burrowed deeper into the bed. |
burrow in | Move through by or as by digging. |
conduct investigations into | Lead, as in the performance of a composition. |
cut into | Record a performance on (a medium. |
dig | Create by digging. Authorities cause chaos by digging up roads. |
dig in | Create by digging. |
examine | Question or examine thoroughly and closely. A doctor examined me and said I might need a caesarean. |
excavate | Remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains. The cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench. |
explore | Inquire into. Her fingers explored his hair. |
ferret about in | Search and discover through persistent investigation. |
ferret around in | Hunt with ferrets. |
ferret in | Hunt with ferrets. |
fish about in | Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish. |
fish around in | Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish. |
go into | Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action. |
go through | Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. |
hunt through | Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals. |
inquire into | Inquire about. |
investigate | Investigate scientifically. Future studies will investigate whether long term use of the drugs could prevent cancer. |
look into | Perceive with attention; direct one’s gaze towards. |
make inquiries into | Favor the development of. |
poke about in | Stir by poking. |
poke around in | Poke or thrust abruptly. |
probe | Examine physically with or as if with a probe. Hands probed his body from top to bottom. |
research | Discover or verify information for use in (a book, programme, etc. The students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project. |
root about in | Dig with the snout. |
root around in | Become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style. |
rummage about in | Search haphazardly. |
rummage around in | Search haphazardly. |
rummage in | Search haphazardly. |
rummage round in | Search haphazardly. |
search | Look for information in a database or the World Wide Web using a search engine. She searched the house from top to bottom. |
search through | Search or seek. |
study | Apply oneself to study. He spent his time listening to the radio rather than studying. |
tunnel | Force a way through. The insect tunnels its way out of the plant. |
turn over | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow. |
archaeologist | An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture. Chinese archaeologists uncovered life sized terracotta statues. |
burrow | A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling. Burrow through the forest. |
colliery | A coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it. |
coxswain | The person who steers a ship’s boat, racing boat, or other boat. |
dig | Remove harvest or recover by digging. Dig your foot into the floor. |
disinter | Dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse. He has disinterred an important collection of writings. |
dug | An udder or breast or teat. |
excavate | Make (a hole or channel) by digging. Clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site. |
excavation | A hole in the ground made by excavating. Inside the excavation were the bones of some huge creature. |
exhume | Dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground. Various landforms have been exhumed from beneath a covering of Triassic sediments. |
furrow | Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. Gorges furrowing the deep sea floor. |
gold | Made of or coloured like gold. He admired the gold of her hair. |
granite | Something having the quality of granite unyielding firmness. Granite columns. |
gravel | Cover with gravel. They gravelled the road. |
groove | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process such as erosion or by a tool as e g a groove in a phonograph record. Deep lines grooved her face. |
harrow | Draw a harrow over land. Todd could take it whereas I m harrowed by it. |
hole | Hit the ball into the hole. The team are in a bit of a hole and it s a case of seeing if they can dig themselves out. |
inhume | Bury. No hand his bones shall gather or inhume. |
investigate | Investigate scientifically. Let s investigate the syntax of Chinese. |
mine | Lay mines. Mine ores and metals. |
pit | Sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow. Pit plums and cherries. |
plow | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow. The ship plowed through the water. |
quarry | Extract something such as stones from or as if from a quarry. A British term for quarry is stone pit. |
scoop | Take out or up with or as if with a scoop. He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials. |
seed | Of a plant reproduce itself by means of its own seeds. Mulches encourage many plants to seed freely. |
shovel | Move coal earth snow or a similar substance with a shovel. An area of turf had been dug up by vandals using a pick and shovel. |
tiller | Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. |
turnover | The act of upsetting something. An apple turnover. |
underground | A member of an underground political group or movement. The French underground. |
unearth | Drive (an animal, especially a fox) out of a hole or burrow. The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President. |
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