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excavate

/ excavate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
Type of:
remove take take away
Kinds of:
drive trench ditch
Derived:
hole hollow dig excavation archeological site
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
form by hollowing
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University''s rowing team"
"excavate a cavity"
Type of:
hollow hollow out core out
Derived:
excavation hole in the ground excavator power shovel digger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
find by digging in the ground
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
Type of:
obtain
Kinds of:
grub up grub out nuzzle disinter exhume
Derived:
dig excavation archeological site hole in the ground digging
Verb group:
locate turn up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
lay bare through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"
Type of:
uncover bring out unveil
Derived:
dig excavation archeological site hole in the ground digging
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Semantic Complexity
38%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

remove take take away drive trench ditch hollow hollow out core out obtain grub up grub out