Third-person singular present tense of delve; digs or investigates carefully, or plural noun form.
From Old English 'delfan.' In the present tense, adds regular '-s' conjugation. Can be either verb (he/she delves) or plural noun (multiple delves/dig sites).
With 'delves,' you see English's genius for reusing forms—the same spelling works as a verb (she delves into archives) or noun (the delves were fruitful). Context does all the work.
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