Delve
21Delve — This interesting surname is a medieval metonymic job descriptive nickname for a Stone Mason or Quarrier, although it can also be locational from one who resided by a Quarry. It derives from the Anglo Saxon pre 8th Century Gedelf meaning a ditch,… …
22Delve — Original name in latin Delve Name in other language Delvunda State code DE Continent/City Europe/Berlin longitude 54.3 latitude 9.25 altitude 9 Population 705 Date 2011 11 06 …
23delve — verb 1) she delved into her pocket Syn: rummage (around/about) in, search, hunt in, scrabble around in, root around/about in, ferret (about/around) in, fish about/around in, dig into/in; go through, rifle through 2) we must delve into the matter… …
24delve — [c]/dɛlv / (say delv) verb (delved, delving) –verb (i) 1. to carry on intensive or thorough research for information, etc. 2. to dig as with a spade or hoe. 3. (of a plant root system) to develop to a depth of soil: a herb that delves deep. –verb …
25Delve Special — was a UK BBC Radio 4 comedy starring Stephen Fry as investigative reporter David Lander. It ran for four series from 1984 to 1987, each series being four episodes long. It was written by Tony Sarchet and produced by Paul Mayhew Archer. The first… …
26delve into something — ˌdelve ˈinto sth derived to try hard to find out more information about sth • She had started to delve into her father s distant past. Main entry: ↑delvederived …
27delve for — index hunt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
28delve into — index analyze, canvass, examine (study), inquire, investigate, peruse, probe, research …
29delve into — phr verb Delve into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag …
30delve — I. verb (delved; delving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English delfan; akin to Old High German telban to dig Date: before 12th century transitive verb archaic excavate intransitive verb 1. to dig or labor with or as if with a spade …
