as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve
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Recent Examples of delve
Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
His failure to delve deeper into these flashback scenes and situations is as striking as their undeveloped implications.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
To delve to the (geological) heart of the matter, scientists want to know the moon’s deepest secret—what’s happening at its most abyssal depths.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Detecting a single photon is difficult, but as scientists delve into the quantum realm, even microwave photons can make a difference.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Both Graffiti and Times delve beneath the surface of their characters, showing in the process that teenagers haven’t changed all that much.
—Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
His failure to delve deeper into these flashback scenes and situations is as striking as their undeveloped implications.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
To delve to the (geological) heart of the matter, scientists want to know the moon’s deepest secret—what’s happening at its most abyssal depths.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Detecting a single photon is difficult, but as scientists delve into the quantum realm, even microwave photons can make a difference.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
Noun
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Nearly all the instructions were relayed electronically from the director’s cave and translated by a bilingual assistant director.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Emma does have some great activities planned with one bus going to make (bleck) cheese and another to go exploring caves.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For over 100 years, this soil has been excavated, consistently yielding impressive artifacts related to legionary life.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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It was excavated between 1906 to 1910, but has not been fully explored since then.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The gap between what Greg and I did—and, more importantly, thought about—became a gigantic infuriating cavern for me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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Hard-core adventurers can opt for the Wild Cave Tour, a four-hour exploration that takes you a mile deeper into the bowels of the caverns.—
Kristy Tolley,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Was the coach’s allegation of deceit required to dig it out of the Wolves?—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
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Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the spa’s sauna area, visitors can choose from a Finnish sauna, charcoal sauna, salt grotto, and an ice room, among other features.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Take 25 Hours, in Long Island City, for example, which is freighted with a depressing ambience that is equal parts chemistry lab and subterranean grotto.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Crews were seen shoveling it away.—
Kris Habermehl,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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