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delve

 
 
/delv/ verb

Translation

delve in/into/inside, etc to search in a container to try to find something
bir şeyin içini aramak, derinlemesine aramak, içine dalmak
He delved in his pocket and pulled out a pen.1987
delve into sth phrasal verb
to examine something carefully in order to discover more information about someone or something
derinlemesine araştırmak, incelemek, bir şeyler bulmaya, elde etmeye çalışmak
I don't like to delve too deeply into his past.1110
(Definition of delve verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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