verb · intransitive · rare

delve

delve · delves · delved · delving

копати, рити, копатися, ритися

копать, рыть, копаться, рыться

graben, untersuchen, sich befassen mit, erforschen

To dig into the ground, especially with a shovelTo dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

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/dɛlv/

» I did not delve into those subtleties.

Ich habe mich mit diesen Feinheiten nicht eingehend befasst.

Я в эти тонкости не вникал.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive, literary)To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.
graben, buddeln
рытьrytʹ, копа́тьkopátʹ
ритиryty, копатиkopaty
(ambitransitive, literary)To dig; to excavate.
(ambitransitive, figuratively, literary)To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
untersuchen, erforschen, ergründen
ры́тьсяrýtʹsja, копа́тьсяkopátʹsja
заглиблюватисяzahlybljuvatysja, ритисяrytysja, копатисяkopatysja

More definitions

turn up, loosen, or remove earth

Examples

15 sentences

I did not delve into those subtleties.
ruЯ в эти тонкости не вникал.
deIch habe mich mit diesen Feinheiten nicht eingehend befasst.
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Tom has been delving into black magic.
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A variety of films delve into such themes.
deAllerlei Filme vertiefen sich in solche Themen.
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The author delved into a new writing project.
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I delved into the world of video games.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to dig in the ground:

to search carefully for information:

Русский

By meaning 2

to dig in the ground:

to search carefully for information:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to dig in the ground:

to search carefully for information:

Origin

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan (“to dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), fro

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan (“to dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig”). Cognate with West Frisian dolle (“to dig, delve”), Dutch delven (“to dig, delve”), Low German dölven (“to dig, delve”), dialectal German delben, telben (“to dig, delve”).

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