ahondar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deepen verb To make or become deeper.
- delve verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- dig verb To move earth aside, typically with a tool, in order to make a hole.
- elaborate adjective Worked out with great care and detail; intricate or highly developed.
- fathom noun A unit of length equal to six feet (about 1.8 metres), traditionally used to measure the depth of water.
- sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
Senses
ahondar is used for these senses in English:
- delve (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
- dig (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- elaborate (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- fathom (archaic, or, obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.
- fathom (figurative) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
- sag (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
deepen — full definition
- verb To make or become deeper.
- verb To make or become more intense, serious, or extreme.
- verb To make or become darker in colour, or lower in tone or pitch.
delve — full definition
- verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- verb To dig into the ground.