Excavate
21excavate — ex|ca|vate [ ekskə,veıt ] verb intransitive or transitive to dig in the ground in order to find things from the past a. TECHNICAL to dig a large hole in the ground …
22excavate — ex·ca·vate || ekskÉ™veɪt v. dig out, hollow out; unearth, lay bare by digging …
23excavate — To dig a hole into something or to hollow it out by digging or scooping. Or, to expose or uncover by digging, as in the pursuit of archaeology. The act or process of excavating is called excavation. Also see carve and potsherd …
24excavate — [ ɛkskəveɪt] verb 1》 make (a hole or channel) by digging. ↘dig out (material) from the ground. 2》 carefully remove earth from (an area) in order to find buried remains. Derivatives excavation noun excavator noun Origin C16: from L. excavat ,… …
25excavate — v. a. Hollow, hollow out, scoop out, dig out, cut out …
26excavate — verb (I, T) 1 to make a hole in the ground by digging up soil etc 2 discover something that was buried in the earth in an earlier time by digging for it: Schliemann excavated the ancient city of Troy. excavation noun (C, U) …
27excavate — verb 1) she excavated a narrow tunnel Syn: dig, dig out, bore, hollow out, scoop out; burrow, tunnel, sink, gouge 2) numerous artifacts have been excavated Syn: unearth, dig up, unco …
28excavate — v 1. dig out, scoop out, hollow out, gouge, pit, cut out, channel; quarry, mine, sink a mine, stope, sap, tunnel, Inf. work pick and shovel; backhoe. 2. unearth, dig up, bring to the surface, exhume, disinter; shovel out, lay bare, uncover …
29excavate — ex·ca·vate …
30excavate — verb Syn: unearth, dig up, uncover, reveal, disinter, exhume, dig out, quarry, mine …