Defenition of the word excavate
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Defenition of the word excavate
- To make a hole in something.
- To make a hole, tunnel, etc. by removing material.
- To uncover or open up a structure etc. remaining from earlier times by digging.
- remove the inner part or the core of
- find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; "The archaeologists digging up the battlefield turned up a lot of old helmets"
- remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
- form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University''s rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
- find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
- lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"
- form by hollowing
- find by digging in the ground
- recover through digging
Synonyms for the word excavate
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- dig
- dig out
- dig up
- exhume
- hollow
- hollow out
- turn up
- unearth
Similar words in the excavate
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- excavate
- excavated
- excavates
Hyponyms for the word excavate
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- dig
- dig out
- dig up
- disinter
- ditch
- drive
- exhume
- grub out
- grub up
- nuzzle
- trench
Hypernyms for the word excavate
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- bring out
- core out
- hollow
- hollow out
- obtain
- remove
- reveal
- take
- take away
- uncover
- unveil
- withdraw
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