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ex·ca·vate  (ksk-vt)

v. ex·ca·vat·ed, ex·ca·vat·ing, ex·ca·vates

v.tr.

1. To make a hole in; hollow out: excavate an ore-rich hillside.

2. To form by hollowing out.

3. To remove by digging or scooping out.

4. To expose or uncover by or as if by digging: excavate an archaeological site.

v.intr.

To engage in digging, hollowing out, or removing.

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[Latin excavre, excavt-, to hollow out : ex-, ex- + cavre, to hollow (from cavus, hollow; see keu- in Indo-European roots).]

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excavate

Verb

[-vating, -vated]

1. to unearth (buried objects) methodically to discover information about the past

2. to make a hole in something by digging into it or hollowing it out: one kind of shrimp excavates a hole for itself [Latin excavare to make hollow]

excavation n
excavator n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	excavate - recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" unearth bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" dig out, dig up, dig - remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal"
	2.	excavate - find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden" dig up, turn up grub out, grub up - dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps" nuzzle - dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle" obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" locate, turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" disinter, exhume - dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
	3.	excavate - form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity" core out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
	4.	excavate - remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" hollow, dig remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" drive - excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel" trench, ditch - cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"

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excavate

verb 1. dig up, mine, dig, tunnel, scoop, cut, hollow, trench, burrow, quarry, delve, gouge

2. unearth, expose, uncover, dig out, exhume, lay bare, bring to light, bring to the surface, disinter

Translations

excavate [ˈɛkskəveɪt] vt → excavar

excavate [ˈɛkskəveɪt] vt [+ site] → fouiller, excaver [+ object]; mettre au jour

excavate [ˈɛkskəveɪt] vt → ausgraben;

(hole) → graben

vi → Ausgrabungen machen

excavate [ˈɛkskəveɪt] vt → scavare

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excavate

v excavate [ˈekskəveit]

1 to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this. opgrawingيَحْفُرُ الأرْضَкопаяvyhloubitudgraveausgrabenανασκάπτω, σκάβωexcavarkaevamaسوراخ کندن؛ حفر کردنkaivaacreuserלַחפּור, לַחֲשׂוֹףखोद कर निकालनाiskopatikiásmenggaligrafascavare穴を掘る구멍을 파다iškasti[]raktmenggaligravengrave (ut)wykopywaćescavara săpaвыкапыватьvyhĺbiťizkopatiiskopatigrävaขุดkazmak挖掘викопувати, ритиکھود کر خندق وغیرہ بناناđào挖掘

2 in archaeology, to uncover or open up (a structure etc remaining from earlier times) by digging The archaeologist excavated an ancient fortress.uitgrawingيُنَقِّبُ عن الآثارразкопавамvykopat, odkrýtudgraveausgrabenανασκάπτω, ξεθάβωexcavarvälja kaevamaکندن و آشکار کردن؛ درآوردنkaivaa esiinfaire des fouilles (dans)חֲשִׂיפָהउत्खनन करनाiskopavatifeltármenggaligrafa uppportare alla luce発掘する발굴하다atkasti, kasinėtiizdarīt izrakumusmenggaliopgravengrave utodkrywaćescavara dezgropaпроизводить раскопкиvykopaťizkopatiiskopatigräva fram, göra utgrävningarขุดค้นkazı yapmak發掘робити розкопкиآثار کی تلاش کے لیے کسی جگہ کی باقاعدہ کھدائی کرناkhai quật发掘

n ˌexcaˈvation

uitgrawingsحَفْر، تَنْقيبразкопкиhloubení; vykopávkaudgravningdie Ausgrabungανασκαφήexcavaciónkaevamine, väljakaevamineحفاری؛ کاوشkaivaminen, kaivausfouille(s); excavationחֲפִירָה, חֲשִׂיפָהखोखलापनiskopavanje, iskapanjekiásás; ásatás, feltáráspenggalian(upp)gröfturscavo発掘굴착(iš)kasimas, kasinėjimasrakšana; izrakumipenggalianopgravinggrunnarbeid (for et hus); utgravingwykopaliskaescavaçãospătură (arheologică)выкапывание; раскопкиhĺbenie; vykopávkaizkopavanjeiskopavanjegrävning, utgrävningกระบวนการขุดค้นหาวัตถุโบราณkazı挖(發)掘викопування; розкопкиکھدائیsự khai quật挖（发）掘

n ˈexcavator

a machine or person that excavates. opgrawerآلة تَنْقيبбагерkopáč; bagrgravko; gravemaskineder Ausgräberεκσκαφέαςexcavadoraekskavaator, kaevajaشخص یا ماشین حفاری؛ حفارkaivuri, kaivajaexcavatrice; fouilleur/-euseחוֹפֵרउत्खनकradnik na iskopavanjuexkavátorpenggaligrafari; grafascavatore, escavatore, escavatrice掘削機굴착기[]ekskavatorius, kasėjasekskavators; ekskavatoristspenggaligraafmachine, gravergravemaskin; grunnarbeiderkoparka, archeologescavador(a)excavator; săpătorэкскаватор; землекопkopáč; bagerkopačkopačgrävare, grävmaskinเครื่องจักรขนาดใหญ่ที่ใช้ขุดkazma makinası, ekskavatör發掘者，挖掘器екскаваторآثارجوngười khai quật发掘者，挖掘器