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- Dictionaryexcavate/ˈɛkskəveɪt/
verb
- 1. make (a hole or channel) by digging: "the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench" Similar
- 2. remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains: "the site was excavated in 1975"
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to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past: Ice age bones are being excavated in the caves. to dig a hole or channel in the ground, especially with a machine: In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.
The meaning of EXCAVATE is to form a cavity or hole in. How to use excavate in a sentence.
Excavate definition: to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging. See examples of EXCAVATE used in a sentence.
To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there. A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil. [ VERB noun ]
To excavate is to remove or find by digging. If you have rocky soil in your garden, you may have to excavate it to remove the rocks and replace them with additional soil. Construction crews also excavate when they remove material from the ground.
1. to form into a hollow, as by digging: The ground was excavated for a foundation. 2. to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material. 3. to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.). 4. to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth.
excavate something (formal) to make a hole, etc. in the ground by digging. The body was discovered when builders excavated the area. Definition of excavate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
EXCAVATE meaning: 1 : to uncover (something) by digging away and removing the earth that covers it; 2 : to dig a large hole in (something)
Noun. Filter. verb. excavated, excavates, excavating. To make an excavation. Webster's New World. To make a hole or cavity in, as by digging; hollow out. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To form by hollowing out; dig. To excavate a tunnel. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To remove by digging or scooping out. American Heritage.
verb. /ˈɛkskəˌveɪt/ Verb Forms. to dig in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time; to find something by digging in this way excavate something The site has been excavated by archaeologists. excavate something from something pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site.
