- 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. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To dig out and remove, as earth. Source: opted
- 4. v. recover through digging Source: wordnet
- 5. v. find by digging in the ground Source: wordnet
- 6. v. form by hollowing Source: wordnet
- 7. v. remove the inner part or the core of Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 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 Source: ecdict
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