- Types Of Speech
- You can use delve as a verb in a sentence.
- About Delve
- A 2 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters d, e, l, and v, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Delve starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters d, de, del, delv, and the ending characters are e, ve, lve, elve, ..
- Definition
- Turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Scrabble
- Is delve a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Delve in Pig Latin is said as "elveday or elvedway".
- Unigram
- d | e | l | v | e
- Bigram
- de | el | lv | ve
- Trigram
- del | elv | lve
- Quadrigram
- delv | elve
- Word Gram
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apparel | clothing in general "she was refined in her choice of apparel" "he always bought his clothes at the same store" "fastidious about his dress" |
| Backset | |
| Beat The Bushes | |
| Biff | (boxing) a blow with the fist "I gave him a clout on his nose" |
| Blackjack | a gambling game using cards the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21 |
| Bodily Cavity | |
| Bore | a hole or passage made by a drill usually made for exploratory purposes |
| Bore Hole | |
| Burrow | a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter |
| Carry Out |
View all cognitive synonyms for Delve
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Delve | turn up, loosen, or remove earth "Dig we must" "turn over the soil for aeration" |
View English words with the unique letters used in delve. Words With The Letters Delv
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archeological Site | |
| Dig | the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" |
| Digger | a machine for excavating |
| Digging | the act of digging "there''s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" |
| Excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
| Excavator | a machine for excavating |
| Power Shovel | |
| Shovel | a machine for excavating |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Remove | degree of figurative distance or separation "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy" |
| Take | the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
| Take Away | |
| Withdraw | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract "remove a threat" "remove a wrapper" "Remove the dirty dishes from the table" "take the gun from your pocket" "This machine withdraws heat from the envir |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Burrow | a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter |
| Furrow | a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) |
| Groove | a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" |
| Root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
| Rootle | dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" |
| Rout | an overwhelming defeat |
| Rut | a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" |
| Shovel | a machine for excavating |
| Spade | a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot |
| Trowel | a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials |
View All Hyponyms For Delve
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Delver | No | No |
| See Also | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dig In | n/a |
| Dig Out | n/a |
| Dig Up | n/a |
| Excavate | remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" |
| Pitch In | n/a |
| Turn Up | n/a |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veld (4 letters) | 8 | 10 | veld | ||
| Valdez (6 letters) | 19 +10 | 21 +10 | valdez | ||
| Delve (5 letters) | 9 | 11 | delve | ||
| Leaved (6 letters) | 10 +1 | 12 +1 | leaved | ||
| Calved (6 letters) | 12 +3 | 15 +4 | calved | ||
| Valved (6 letters) | 13 +4 | 16 +5 | adelvv | ||
| Beveled (7 letters) | 13 +4 | 16 +5 | beveled | ||
| Cleaved (7 letters) | 13 +4 | 16 +5 | cleaved | ||
| Leveled (7 letters) | 11 +2 | 14 +3 | leveled |
Delve Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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