vt a place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
2. delve ·vt to dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
3. delve ·vi to dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
4. delve ·vt to dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.