All delve synonyms
delve
D d verb delve
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- inquire — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- burrow — A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- rummage — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- search — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- shovel — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- unearth — to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
- probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- dredge — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- ransack — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- sift — to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- seek — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- spade — a black figure shaped like an inverted heart and with a short stem at the cusp opposite the point, used on playing cards.
- trowel — any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- go into — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- look into — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tunnel — an underground passage.
- scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- rootle — root2 (sense 2) root2 (sense 3)
noun delve
- hunt — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.