delve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: delve	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for delve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delve v turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" Synonym(s): dig, delve, cut into, turn over
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delf \Delf\, n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See {Delve}.] A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also {delft}, and {delve}.] [Obs.] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delve \Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delving}.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf. {Delf} a mine.] 1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor. --Dryden. 2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. I can not delve him to the root. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delve \Delve\, v. i. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge. Delve may I not: I shame to beg. --Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delve \Delve\, n. [See {Delve}, v. t., and cf. {Delf} a mine.] A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. Which to that shady delve him brought at last. --Spenser. The very tigers from their delves Look out. --Moore.