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Synonyms of delve in English:

delve


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verb

1‘she delved in her pocket’

SYNONYMS
rummage in, rummage about in, rummage around in, rummage round in, search, search through, hunt through, scrabble about in, scrabble around in, root about in, root around in, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, fish about in, fish around in, poke about in, poke around in, dig in, grub about in, grub around in, go through, burrow in
rifle through, scour, ransack, turn upside down, turn inside out
British informal rootle around in
Australian, New Zealand informal fossick through
rare roust around in

2‘the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter’

SYNONYMS
investigate, conduct investigations into, make inquiries into, inquire into, probe, examine, explore, research, study, look into, go into
try to get to the bottom of