excavate

ex·ca·vate

E0261400 (ĕk′skə-vāt′)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 excavāre, excavāt-, to hollow out : ex-, ex- + cavāre, to hollow (from cavus, hollow; see keuə- in Indo-European roots).]

excavate

(ˈɛkskəˌveɪt) vb1. to remove (soil, earth, etc) by digging; dig out2. to make (a hole, cavity, or tunnel) in (solid matter) by hollowing or removing the centre or inner part: to excavate a tooth. 3. (Archaeology) to unearth (buried objects) methodically in an attempt to discover information about the past[C16: from Latin excavāre, from cavāre to make hollow, from cavus hollow] ˌexcaˈvation n ˌexcaˈvational adj

ex•ca•vate

(ˈɛks kəˌveɪt)

v.t. -vat•ed, -vat•ing. 1. to form into a hollow, as by digging: The ground was excavated for a foundation. 2. to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material. 3. to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.). 4. to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth. [1590–1600; < Latin excavātus, past participle of excavāre to hollow out]

excavate

Past participle: excavated
Gerund: excavating

Imperative
excavate
excavate

Present
I excavate
you excavate
he/she/it excavates
we excavate
you excavate
they excavate

Preterite
I excavated
you excavated
he/she/it excavated
we excavated
you excavated
they excavated

Present Continuous
I am excavating
you are excavating
he/she/it is excavating
we are excavating
you are excavating
they are excavating

Present Perfect
I have excavated
you have excavated
he/she/it has excavated
we have excavated
you have excavated
they have excavated

Past Continuous
I was excavating
you were excavating
he/she/it was excavating
we were excavating
you were excavating
they were excavating

Past Perfect
I had excavated
you had excavated
he/she/it had excavated
we had excavated
you had excavated
they had excavated

Future
I will excavate
you will excavate
he/she/it will excavate
we will excavate
you will excavate
they will excavate

Future Perfect
I will have excavated
you will have excavated
he/she/it will have excavated
we will have excavated
you will have excavated
they will have excavated

Future Continuous
I will be excavating
you will be excavating
he/she/it will be excavating
we will be excavating
you will be excavating
they will be excavating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been excavating
you have been excavating
he/she/it has been excavating
we have been excavating
you have been excavating
they have been excavating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been excavating
you will have been excavating
he/she/it will have been excavating
we will have been excavating
you will have been excavating
they will have been excavating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been excavating
you had been excavating
he/she/it had been excavating
we had been excavating
you had been excavating
they had been excavating

Conditional
I would excavate
you would excavate
he/she/it would excavate
we would excavate
you would excavate
they would excavate

Past Conditional
I would have excavated
you would have excavated
he/she/it would have excavated
we would have excavated
you would have excavated
they would have excavated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	excavate - recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"unearthbring 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 upgrub 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, digremove, 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"

excavate

verb1. dig up, mine, dig, tunnel, scoop, cut, hollow, trench, burrow, quarry, delve, gouge A team of archaeologists is excavating the site.2. unearth, expose, uncover, dig out, exhume, lay bare, bring to light, bring to the surface, disinter They have excavated the fossil remains of a prehistoric man.

excavate

verb1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:delve, dig, grub, scoop, shovel, spade.2. To make by digging:dig, scoop, shovel.

Translations

发掘挖掘

excavate

(ˈekskəveit) verb1. to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this. 挖掘 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. 發掘 发掘ˌexcaˈvation noun 挖(發)掘 挖（发）掘 ˈexcavator noun a machine or person that excavates. 挖土機 发掘者，挖掘器