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verb (delv, ing)
- (intransitive) To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
- 1847, w:Emily Brontí«, Emily Brontí«, Wuthering Heights, chapter 29.
- : I got a spade from the tool-house, and began to with all my might - it scraped the coffin; I fell to work with my hands; the wood commenced cracking about the screws; I was on the point of attaining my object, when it seemed that I heard a sigh from some one above, close at the edge of the grave, and bending down.
- (intransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information.
- She was intensely eager to into the mystery of Mr. Joplin and his brief case.
- (transitive) To dig, to excavate.
- 1891, w:Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, chapter IV.
- : Let him take off his plates and himself, if delving must be done.
Etymology:
- delven, from delfan, "to dig."
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