[V+adv./prep.] to search for sth inside a bag, container, etc:
She delved in her handbag for a pen.
PHRASALVERBS
delve into sth to try hard to find out more information about sth
SYNPROBE:
She had started to delve into her father's distant past.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is delve a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, delve is tagged as verb.
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