delve
verb
1 delve
Turn up, loosen, or remove earth.
synonyms: cut into, dig, turn over.
Roget 252:
be concave
etc.
adj.;
retire,
cave in.
render concave
etc.
adj.;
depress,
hollow;
scoop,
scoop out;
gouge,
gouge out,
dig,
delve,
excavate,
dent,
dint,
mine,
sap,
undermine,
burrow,
tunnel,
stave in.
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Roget 371:
cultivate;
till the soil;
farm,
garden;
sow,
plant;
reap,
mow,
cut;
manure,
dress the ground,
dig,
delve,
dibble,
hoe,
plough,
plow,
harrow,
rake,
weed,
lop and top;
backset [U.S.].
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Dutch: delven, graven
Moby thesaurus: backset, beat the bushes, bore, burrow, cavity, cultivate, culture, cut, dig, dig out, dike, dredge, dress, drill, drive, excavate, explore, fallow, fertilize, forage, force, frisk, furrow, go through, gouge, gouge out, groove, grub, harrow, hoe, hollow, hunt, list, look around, look round, look through, lower, mine, mulch, nose around, plow, pocket, poke, poke around, prune, pry, quarry, rake, research, root, sap, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, search, search through, shovel, sink, smell around, spade, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, trench, trough, tunnel, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, weed, weed out, work ... show more.
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