Delve (Verb)
Meaning
Turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Archaeologists often delve into the earth to discover relics from ancient civilizations.
- The gardener began to delve the soil, aerating it after a long winter.
- Farmers have to delve deep into their land to maintain the soil's fertility.
- We had to delve the area where the new foundation was to be laid for the house.
- To find the old pipes, workers started to delve into the ground, bit by bit.