Excavate
11excavate — UK [ˈekskəveɪt] / US [ˈekskəˌveɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms excavate : present tense I/you/we/they excavate he/she/it excavates present participle excavating past tense excavated past participle excavated a) to dig in the ground… …
12excavate — verb ( vated; vating) Etymology: Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare, from ex + cavare to make hollow more at cavatina Date: 1599 transitive verb 1. to form a cavity or hole in 2. to form by hollowing out 3. to dig out and remove 4 …
13excavate — /eks keuh vayt /, v.t., excavated, excavating. 1. to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging: The ground was excavated for a foundation. 2. to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing… …
14excavate — ex·ca·vate ek skə .vāt vb, vat·ed; vat·ing vt to form a cavity or hole in <an excavated wisdom tooth> vi to make excavations or become hollowed out <an area of infarction in soft tissue often tends to excavate> …
15excavate — /ˈɛkskəveɪt / (say ekskuhvayt) verb (t) (excavated, excavating) 1. to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging. 2. to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material. 3. to dig or scoop… …
16excavate — verb a) To make a hole in (something); to hollow. b) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. See Also: excavation, excavator …
17excavate — (Order Isopoda): Hollowed out [Kensley and Schotte, 1989] …
18excavate — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
19excavate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dig, hollow out, shovel, unearth; see dig 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dig out, hollow out, unearth, burrow, dredge, scoop, tunnel, backhoe, channel, hoe, shovel out. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To break …
20excavate — ex|ca|vate [ˈekskəveıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of excavare, from cavus hollow ] 1.) if a scientist or archaeologist excavates an area of land, they dig carefully to find ancient objects, bones etc ▪… …
