DELVED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

delved

verb

past tense of delve

as in excavated

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The last set of stairs, which lead to the basement that the couple excavated, is contemporary.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
Chemicals were removed from the home, as well as a segment of underground pipe was excavated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of excavated

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Her mother dug her out from under debris and Sasha remained in a coma for 15 days.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Fifteen yards into his route, James dug inside, turned to catch the pass from Zabransky, and took a little jab step upfield as four Oklahoma defenders closed in.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of dug

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But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems so far.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Moments after an incredibly warm greeting, Quinn shoveled coal into the flames and stuck an iron in the forge.

— Sarah Wood González, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoveled

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Though Iñárritu mined a fertile vein of sardonic humor in 2014’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), comedy has never been this grandiose director’s forte.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
In the wake of Dune, and thanks in part to his long creative partnership with Lynch, MacLachlan flexed his chops in a number of roles that mined dark and weird territory.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026

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