A variety of films delve into such themes.
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Delve
//dɛlv//
Synonyms for "delve" (87 found)
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Translations
71 translations across 25 languages.
Asturian
2 entries- afondar verb (to search carefully for information)
- cavar verb (to dig in the ground)
Bulgarian
2 entries- копая verb (to dig in the ground)
- ровя се verb (to search carefully for information)
Czech
4 entries- hrabat se verb (to search carefully for information)
- kopat verb (to dig in the ground)
- pátrat verb (to search carefully for information)
- rýt verb (to dig in the ground)
Danish
2 entries- dykke ned i verb (to search carefully for information)
- grave verb (to dig in the ground)
Dutch
1 entries- delven verb (to dig in the ground)
Finnish
4 entries- kaivaa verb (to dig in the ground)
- paneutua verb (to search carefully for information)
- penkoa verb (to search carefully for information)
- tutkia verb (to search carefully for information)
French
2 entries- creuser verb (to dig in the ground)
- fouiller verb (to search carefully for information)
German
4 entries- buddeln verb (to dig in the ground)
- eintauchen verb (to search carefully for information)
- erforschen verb (to search carefully for information)
- ergründen verb (to search carefully for information)
Greek
3 entries- ερευνώ verb (to search carefully for information)
- σκάβω verb (to dig in the ground)
- σκαλίζω verb (to dig in the ground)
Hungarian
1 entries- ás verb (to dig in the ground)
Icelandic
4 entries- grafa (með skóflu, with a shovel) verb (to dig in the ground)
- kanna verb (to search carefully for information)
- moka verb (to dig in the ground)
- rannsaka verb (to search carefully for information)
Italian
3 entries- indagare verb (to search carefully for information)
- investigare verb (to search carefully for information)
- scavare verb (to dig in the ground)
Japanese
1 entries- ほる verb (to dig in the ground)
Low German
1 entries- dölven verb (to dig in the ground)
Norwegian
1 entries- grave verb (to dig in the ground)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قازمق verb (to dig in the ground)
Persian
2 entries- کاویدن verb (to search carefully for information)
- کندن verb (to dig in the ground)
Portuguese
2 entries- cavar verb (to dig in the ground)
- investigar verb (to search carefully for information)
Romanian
1 entries- săpa verb (to dig in the ground)
Russian
4 entries- копа́ть verb (to dig in the ground)
- копа́ться verb (to search carefully for information)
- ры́ться verb (to search carefully for information)
- рыть verb (to dig in the ground)
Spanish
4 entries- ahondar verb (to search carefully for information)
- cavar verb (to dig in the ground)
- excavar verb (to dig in the ground)
- hurguetear verb (to search carefully for information)
Swedish
1 entries- gräva verb (to dig in the ground)
Ukrainian
4 entries- заглиблюватися verb (to search carefully for information)
- копати verb (to dig in the ground)
- копатися verb (to search carefully for information)
- рити verb (to dig in the ground)
Welsh
1 entries- cloddio verb (to dig in the ground)
West-Frisian
1 entries- dolle verb (to dig in the ground)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Those clothe with awe / the Senate; there they choose the judges for the law. / These delve the port; the broad foundations there / they lay for theatres of ample space, / and columns, hewn from marble rocks, prepare, / tall ornaments, the future stage to grace.
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You're going to have to delve deeper if you want to get to the truth.
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I don't have time to delve into that topic right now.
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