DELVE


Meaning of DELVE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

deeper

And I began to discover some recent local history as I delved deeper into this pit of hell.

But he delved deeper and discovered that the thirteen genders were arranged in a hierarchy.

He delved deeper in Judi's memories.

As it went on, Atkinson's routine delved deeper into meaninglessness.

But as a text oriented towards the practitioner it does not delve deeper than what would be already known by the reader.

deeply

We delve deeply into the psyche for memories of past experience and sensation to judge any work of art.

The movie delves deeply into the issues of violence and its consequences.

That leaves the weapons connection, but it is inappropriate for the Sizewell inquiry to delve deeply into this issue.

Researchers, too, can sometimes be carried away in delving deeply into some issue in the minutest detail.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For 13 years, she delved assiduously.

No one was to be called upon to delve too deeply into his pocket, it was agreed.

So I delved beneath my anorak and pulled out a corner of shirt.

This man would want to know everything, would delve and dig, and not be satisfied with surface explanations.

To delve into interface design further, consider video on-demand.

We shall need also to delve into the foundations of mathematics, and even to question the very nature of physical reality.

While some contributions amount to little more than a description of manufacturers' software, others delve into the concepts and methodologies.

Yet here the counsellor faces the problem of whether to delve into the difficult past, or to leave it alone.

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