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delve
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv
Etymology 1
From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan (“to dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *delban? (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elb?- (“to dig”). Cognate with West Frisian dolle (“to dig, delve”), Dutch delven (“to dig, delve”), Low German dölven (“to dig, delve”), dialectal German delben, telben (“to dig, delve”).
Verb
delve (third-person singular simple present delves, present participle delving, simple past delved or (obsolete) dolve, past participle delved or (archaic) dolven)
- (intransitive) To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
- Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor.
- I got a spade from the tool-house, and began to delve with all my might - it scraped the coffin; I fell to work with my hands; the wood commenced cracking about the screws; I was on the point of attaining my object, when it seemed that I heard a sigh from some one above, close at the edge of the grave, and bending down.
- (transitive, intransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
- 1609-11, Shakespeare, Cymbeline, King of Britain
- I cannot delve him to the root.
- 1943, Emile C. Tepperman, Calling Justice, Inc.!
- She was intensely eager to delve into the mystery of Mr. Joplin and his brief case.
- 1609-11, Shakespeare, Cymbeline, King of Britain
- (transitive, intransitive) To dig, to excavate.
- ca. 1260, Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend
- And then they made an oratory behind the altar, and would have dolven for to have laid the body in that oratory ...
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, chapter IV
- Let him take off his plates and delve himself, if delving must be done.
- ca. 1260, Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend
Synonyms
- (to dig the ground): dig
- (to search thoroughly): investigate, research
Derived terms
- delver
- indelve
- undelve
Related terms
- dolven
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English delve, delf, dælf, from Old English delf, ?edelf (“digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug out, delf, ditch”). More at delf.
Noun
delve (plural delves)
- (now rare) A pit or den.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
- 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 [...].
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 75:
- I put the clods on top the delve and gave it all a good thumping down with my feet.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
Related terms
- stonedelf
Anagrams
- devel
Dutch
Verb
delve
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of delven
Anagrams
- velde
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English delfan.
Verb
delve
- Alternative form of delven
Etymology 2
From Old English delf.
Noun
delve
- Alternative form of delf
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cave
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B throat (kor), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek ???? (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian ??? (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit ????? (??nya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English s?ræf.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?v, IPA(key): /ke?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
Noun
cave (plural caves)
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
- (programming) A code cave.
Synonyms
- earthhole
Derived terms
- cave dweller
- caveman
- cave painting
- cavewoman
- seacave
Translations
Verb
cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)
- To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- Synonym: spelunk
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
- (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
Derived terms
- block caving
- cave in
- caver
- caving hammer
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin cav?, second-person singular present active imperative of cave? (“to beware”). Used at Eton College, Berkshire.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k??v?, IPA(key): /?ke?vi/
- Rhymes: -e?vi
- Homophone: cavy
Interjection
cave
- (Britain, school slang) look out!; beware!
Synonyms
- heads up, look out, watch it, see also Thesaurus:heads up
Derived terms
- keep cave
Translations
Anagrams
- evac
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kav/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave; cavity”).
Adjective
cave (plural caves)
- pitted
- concave
- cavernous
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin cava, substantivized form of Latin cava, feminine of the adjective cavus.
Noun
cave f (plural caves)
- A cellar or basement.
- (specifically) A wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar.
- (by extension) A wine selection.
- caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced.
- cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors.
Derived terms
- cave à vin
Etymology 3
Probably from cavé, from the past participle of caver, a term used in games.
Noun
cave m (plural caves)
- (Quebec, slang) An imbecile, a stupid person.
Anagrams
- avec
Further reading
- “cave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
cave
- feminine plural of cavo
Noun
cave f
- plural of cava
Latin
Verb
cav?
- second-person singular present imperative of cave?
- 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon
- Cave canem.
- Beware of the dog.
- Cave canem.
- 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
cave f (plural caves)
- (Jersey) cave, cellar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avi
Noun
cave m (plural caves)
- cellar
Verb
cave
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
- third-person singular imperative of cavar
Spanish
Verb
cave
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cavar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cavar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of cavar.
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