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delve
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- pronunciation:
- delv
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
delves, delving, delved |
| definition: |
to make a careful, thoroughgoing search, as for information.
When she began to delve into her ancestry, she discovered some surprising things.- synonyms:
- explore, inquire, investigate, probe
- similar words:
- ferret, hunt, pry, research, root, search, sift
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| related words: |
dig, grope, inquire |
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| derivation: |
delver (n.) |
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