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What (who) is excavate - definition
excavate
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Excavat; Excavate (disambiguation)
v. a.
Hollow, hollow out, scoop out, dig out, cut out.
Excavate
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Excavat; Excavate (disambiguation)
·vt To dig out and remove, as earth.
II. Excavate ·vt To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
III. Excavate ·vt 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.
excavate
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Excavat; Excavate (disambiguation)
(excavates, excavating, excavated)
1.
When archaeologists or other people excavate a piece of land, they remove earth carefully from it and look for things such as pots, bones, or buildings which are buried there, in order to discover information about the past.
A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.
VERB: V n
• excavation (excavations)
...the excavation of a bronze-age boat...
N-VAR
2.
To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there.
A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
VERB: V n
• excavation
...the excavation of canals.
N-VAR
Examples of use of excavate
1. "We were not in Svalbard to excavate any skeletons.
2. They returned with archaeologists to excavate in 2005 and 2006.
3. Soldiers helped excavate local people to safe areas.
4. Mines routinely disregard safety rules to excavate more coal and make more money.
5. Officers said they seized the equipment used by the group to excavate ancient relics.