Delved

//dɛlvd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb

1
simple past and past participle of delve form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

dig backset beat the bushes bore burrow cavity

Example

"When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"

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