delved

Meaning of delved

verb, past tense
  1. reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
    she delved in her pocket
  2. dig; excavate.
    when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
    the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels

Old English delfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven .

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Hyphenation of delved

delved

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • delved is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

delved synonyms

Meaning clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:

scour

Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:

ransack

Words that rhyme with delved

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