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- Dictionaryexcavate/ˈɛkskəveɪt/
verb
- 1. make (a hole or channel) by digging: "the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench" Similar
- 2. remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains: "the site was excavated in 1975"
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to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past: Ice age bones are being excavated in the caves. to dig a hole or channel in the ground, especially with a machine: In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.
: to expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering. excavate the remains of a temple. intransitive verb. : to make excavations. Synonyms. dig. shovel. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of excavate in a Sentence. They excavated an ancient city. It is the first site to be excavated in this area.
Excavate definition: to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging. See examples of EXCAVATE used in a sentence.
To excavate is to remove or find by digging. If you have rocky soil in your garden, you may have to excavate it to remove the rocks and replace them with additional soil. Construction crews also excavate when they remove material from the ground.
excavate something (formal) to make a hole, etc. in the ground by digging. The body was discovered when builders excavated the area. Definition of excavate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. 1. to remove ( soil, earth, etc) by digging; dig out. 2. to make (a hole, cavity, or tunnel) in ( solid matter) by hollowing or removing the centre or inner part. to excavate a tooth. 3. to unearth ( buried objects) methodically in an attempt to discover information about the past. Collins English Dictionary.
1. to remove (soil, earth, etc) by digging; dig out. 2. 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.
