delve
pronunciation
How to pronounce delve in British English:
UK [delv]
How to pronounce delve in American English:
US [dɛlv]
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- Verb:
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Word Origin
- delve (v.)
- Old English delfan "to dig" (class III strong verb; past tense dealf, past participle dolfen), common West Germanic verb (cognates: Old Saxon delban, Dutch delven, Middle High German telben "to dig"), from PIE root *dhelbh- (cognates: Lithuanian delba "crowbar," Russian dolbit', Czech dlabati, Polish dłubać "to chisel;" Russian dolotó, Czech dlato, Polish dłuto "chisel"). Weak inflections emerged 14c.-16c. Related: Delved; delving.
Example
- 1. We must delve into his mind and find the source of his delusions .
- 2. Delve deep into south korea 's buddhist history
- 3. Although not all art is inspired by the cruelty of war , contemporary art is often accompanied by a willingness to delve into the great political or psychological issues of the day .
- 4. Because they owe fiduciary duties to their own investors , they must delve deeply into whether a new idea can work , the people behind it and whether there is a market for it .
- 5. Yesterday we wrote about how stanford-clark has hooked his house up to twitter . Today we delve more into what his employer , ibm , is doing with the internet of things .