excavate

Speech parts

1. excavate - Noun

2. excavate - Verb

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.

To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.

To dig out and remove, as earth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

hollow dig unearth dig up spade drill burrow channel remove mining mine reveal tunnel extract bore

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take obtain remove reveal withdraw hollow

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excavated Excavating

the mining company wants to excavate the hillside Source: Internet

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Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team Source: Internet

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Schliemann excavated Troy Source: Internet

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