English > delve: 1 sense > verb 1, contactMeaning | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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Synonyms | dig, cut into, turn over |
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Entailed by | hoe | dig with a hoe |
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mine | Get from the earth by excavation |
plow, plough, turn | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow |
quarry | extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry |
Narrower | burrow, tunnel | Move through by or as by digging |
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furrow, rut, groove | hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove |
rout, root, rootle | dig with the snout |
shovel | dig with or as if with a shovel |
spade | dig (up) with a spade |
trowel | Use a trowel on |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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Spanish | cavar, excavar |
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Catalan | cavar, excavar |
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