DELVE


Meaning of DELVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ delv ]

( delves, delving, delved)

1.

If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.

Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother’s past...

If you’re interested in a subject, use the Internet to delve deeper.

= dig, probe

VERB : V into n , V adv

2.

If you delve inside something such as a cupboard or a bag, you search inside it. ( WRITTEN )

She delved into her rucksack and pulled out a folder.

VERB : V prep / adv

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