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excavate
[eks-kuh-veyt]
verb (used with object)
to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging.
The ground was excavated for a foundation.
to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.
to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.).
to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth.
to excavate an ancient city.
excavate
/ ˈɛəˌɪ /
verb
to remove (soil, earth, etc) by digging; dig out
to make (a hole, cavity, or tunnel) in (solid matter) by hollowing or removing the centre or inner part
to excavate a tooth
to unearth (buried objects) methodically in an attempt to discover information about the past
Other Word Forms
- reexcavate verb (used with object)
- unexcavated adjective
- ˌ泦ˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of excavate1
Example Sentences
Preparatory works got under way, with diggers excavating land on Great Wilson Street in Hunslet.
A dank, earthy odor hung in the air, as if mounds of fresh pencil shavings had been scattered over a newly excavated farm plot.
Mr Peck said the neighbour's car, a silver Ford Focus, which had been set alight the night of the fire, had not been fully excavated and appropriate samples had not been taken within 24 hours.
So far, her team has excavated an area the size of a tennis court, but the bed of bones extends for a kilometre into the hillside.
A 1,000 year-old human skeleton which was buried sitting cross-legged in India has been moved to a museum six years after it was excavated.
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