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Meaning of Delve | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɛlv

Definitions

  1. A pit or den.
  2. A surname from Old English.

Equivalents

العربية إحفر
Bosanski jama
Ελληνικά ερευνώ
Français Delve fouiller
Hrvatski jama
Íslenska kanna rannsaka
Polski jama
Português investigar
Српски jama

Examples

“the wise Merlin whylome wont (they say) / To make his wonne, low vnderneath the ground, / In a deepe delue, farre from the vew of day [...].”
“I put the clods on top the delve and gave it all a good thumping down with my feet.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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