Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, literary)To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

    graben, buddeln

    рытьrytʹ, копа́тьkopátʹ

    ритиryty, копатиkopaty

  2. (ambitransitive, literary)To dig; to excavate.

  3. (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
  1. 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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  2. Tom has been delving into black magic.

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  3. A variety of films delve into such themes.

    deAllerlei Filme vertiefen sich in solche Themen.

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  4. The author delved into a new writing project.

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  5. 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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Forms

delves, delving, delved, delved
Base formdelve · to delve
3rd person singulardelves
Present participledelving
Past simpledelved
Past participledelved

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydelve
he, she, itdelves

Past simpleLesson

all personsdelved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave delved
he, she, ithas delved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill delve

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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