Thesaurus: excavate

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1. v. t. 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. v. t. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
3. v. t. To dig out and remove, as earth.
4. v. recover through digging
5. v. find by digging in the ground
6. v. form by hollowing
7. v. remove the inner part or the core of
8. 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.
9. 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 underwater, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn upby a pump. Knight.
10. v:100 v. recover through digging v. find by digging in the ground v. form by hollowing v. remove the inner part or the core of