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1. (v.t.) excavate
to form into a hollow, as by digging:
The ground was excavated for a foundation.
2. excavate
to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.
3. excavate
to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.).
4. excavate
to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L excavātus, ptp. of excavāre to hollow out)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) excavate, unearth
recover through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
2. (verb) excavate, dig up, turn up
find by digging in the ground
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
3. (verb) excavate
form by hollowing
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
4. (verb) excavate, dig, hollow
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
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| Definition of 'excavate' |
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1. (verb) excavate
to hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth
2. (verb) excavate
to form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel
3. (verb) excavate
to dig out and remove, as earth
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Sense: to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this.
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 Afrikaans: opgrawing |
 Arabic: يَحْفُرُ الأرْضَ |
 Bulgarian: копая |
 Brazilian: escavar |
 Czech: vyhloubit |
 German: ausgraben |
 Danish: udgrave |
 Greek: ανασκάπτω, σκάβω |
 Spanish: excavar |
 Estonian: kaevama |
 Farsi: سوراخ کندن؛ حفر کردن |
 Finnish: kaivaa |
 French: creuser |
 Hebrew: לַחפּור, לַחֲשׂוֹף |
 Hindi: खोद कर निकालना |
 Croatian: iskopati |
 Hungarian: kiás |
 Indonesian: menggali |
 Icelandic: grafa |
 Italian: scavare |
 Japanese: 穴を掘る |
 Korean: (구멍, 터널 들을) 파다 |
 Lithuanian: iškasti |
 Latvian: []rakt |
 Malay: menggali |
 Dutch: graven |
 Norwegian: grave (ut) |
 Polish: wykopywać |
 Persian: سوراخ کندن؛ حفر کردن |
 Pashto: حفر كول، كيندل، سمڅ جوړول |
 Portuguese: escavar |
 Romanian: a săpa |
 Russian: выкапывать |
 Slovak: vyhĺbiť |
 Slovenian: izkopati |
 Serbian: iskopati |
 Swedish: gräva |
 Thai: ขุด |
 Turkish: kazmak |
 Taiwanese: 挖掘 |
 Ukrainian: викопувати, рити |
 Urdu: کھود کر خندق وغیرہ بنانا |
 Vietnamese: đào |
 Chinese: 挖掘 |
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