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excavate

/'ɛkskə,veɪt/

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verb
find by digging in the ground
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dig up turn up

type of:
obtain
verb
recover through digging
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"Schliemann excavated Troy" "excavate gold"

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unearth

type of:
bring out reveal unveil
verb
remove the inner part or the core of
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"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

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dig hollow

type of:
take take away remove withdraw
verb
form by hollowing
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"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team" "excavate a cavity"

type of:
core out hollow out hollow

Examples of excavate

"Schliemann excavated Troy"
"excavate gold"
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"
"excavate a cavity"