āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
excavate
/ËÉkskÉvËeâÉĒt/
to excavate
01
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨
to dig a hole or make a channel in the ground
Transitive: to excavate a hole or cavity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Farmers excavated ditches to improve irrigation in the fields.
āĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to uncover or expose by digging, especially to reveal buried artifacts, structures, or remains
Transitive: to excavate buried remains or artifacts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Divers excavated a shipwreck, bringing up cannons, pottery, and other artifacts from the seabed.
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨, āĻŽā§ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨
to create a cavity or hole in something by digging
Transitive: to excavate the ground
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The construction crew excavated the ground to widen the road.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
excavation
excavator
excavate
excav
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