delve
delve / delv/ • v. [intr.] reach inside a receptacle and search for something: she delved in her pocket. ∎ research or make inquiries into something: delving into the atom's secrets. ∎ [tr.] poetic/lit. dig; excavate.DERIVATIVES: delv·er n.
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