delve
verb/delv/
/delv/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they delve | /delv/ /delv/ |
| he / she / it delves | /delvz/ /delvz/ |
| past simple delved | /delvd/ /delvd/ |
| past participle delved | /delvd/ /delvd/ |
| -ing form delving | /ˈdelvɪŋ/ /ˈdelvɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to reach inside a bag, container, etc. to search for something synonym dig
- She delved in her handbag for a pen.
Word OriginOld English delfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven.Want to learn more?
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