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Excavate

Excavate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Excavate? [v] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" [v] form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity" [v] find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden" [v] lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Excavate: dig \| dig up \| hollow \| turn up \| unearth Related Terms \| Find terms related to Excavate: avulse \| bore \| bring to light \| bring up \| burrow \| clear \| countersink \| cut out \| deepen \| delve \| depress \| deracinate \| dig \| dig out \| dig up \| dike \| disclose \| disentangle \| disinter \| dive \| draw \| draw out \| dredge \| dredge up \| drill \| drive \| eradicate \| evolve \| evulse \| excise \| exhume \| expose \| exsect \| extract \| extricate \| ferret out \| fish up \| furrow \| get out \| gouge \| gouge out \| groove \| grub \| grub up \| hollow out \| lay bare \| lower \| mine \| pick out \| pluck out \| pluck up \| pull \| pull out \| pull up \| quarry \| rake out \| remove \| reveal \| rip out \| root out \| root up \| sap \| scoop \| scoop out \| scrabble \| scrape \| scratch \| shovel \| sink \| spade \| take out \| tear out \| trench \| trough \| tunnel \| turn up \| uncover \| unearth \| unravel \| uproot \| weed out \| withdraw \| worm out \| wrest out See Also \| bring out \| core out \| disinter \| ditch \| drive \| exhume \| grub out \| grub up \| hollow out \| nuzzle \| obtain \| remove \| reveal \| take \| take away \| trench \| uncover \| unveil \| withdraw Excavate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"ca*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excavated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excavating}.] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See {Cave}.] 1. 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. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel. 3. (Engin.) To dig out and remove, as earth. The material excavated was usually sand. --E. L. Corthell. {Excavating pump}, a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. --Knight.

Excavate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Excavate?

[v] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
[v] form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
[v] find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
[v] lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

Excavate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex"ca*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excavated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Excavating}.] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to
excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See
{Cave}.]
1. 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. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything
   that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a
   channel.

3. (Engin.) To dig out and remove, as earth.

         The material excavated was usually sand. --E. L.
                                               Corthell.

{Excavating pump}, a kind of dredging apparatus for
   excavating under water, in which silt and loose material
   mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. --Knight.

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