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What is "excavate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does excavate mean in English? Meaning of excavate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "excavate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "excavate": recover through digging

Verb

  • Meaning: recover through digging
  • Example: Schliemann excavated Troy excavate gold
  • Synonyms: excavate unearth
  • Hyponyms: dig dig out dig up
  • Hypernyms: bring out reveal uncover unveil

    • Meaning of "excavate": find by digging in the ground

    Verb

  • Meaning: find by digging in the ground
  • Example: I dug up an old box in the garden
  • Synonyms: dig up excavate turn up
  • Hyponyms: disinter exhume grub out grub up nuzzle
  • Hypernyms: obtain

    • Meaning of "excavate": form by hollowing

    Verb

  • Meaning: form by hollowing
  • Example: Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team excavate a cavity
  • Synonyms: excavate
  • Hypernyms: core out hollow hollow out

    • Meaning of "excavate": remove the inner part or the core of

    Verb

  • Meaning: remove the inner part or the core of
  • Example: the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
  • Synonyms: dig excavate hollow
  • Hyponyms: ditch drive trench
  • Hypernyms: remove take take away withdraw

    • Synonyms:

    unearth, uncover, shovel, scrape, gouge, cut, quarry, grub, tunnel, mine, hollow, trench, scoop, burrow, spade, delve, empty,

    Antonyms:

    cover, fill,

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    excavate in English: excavate
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