1. Recover through digging
   "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
   - unearth 
2. Find by digging in the ground
   - dig up, turn up 
3. Form by hollowing
   "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity" 
4. Remove the inner part or the core of
   "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
   - dig, hollow

Derived forms: excavates, excavated, excavating

See also: excavation, excavator

Type of: bring out, core out, hollow, hollow out, obtain, remove, reveal, take, take away, uncover, unveil, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Excavate

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