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to excavate
01
to dig a hole or make a channel in the ground
Transitive: to excavate a hole or cavity
Examples
The workers excavated a trench to lay down the foundation for the building.
02
to uncover or expose by digging, especially to reveal buried artifacts, structures, or remains
Transitive: to excavate buried remains or artifacts
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
excavate
3rd person singular
excavates
present participle
excavating
past simple
excavated
past participle
excavated
Examples
Paleontologists excavated a dinosaur fossil, carefully removing layers of sediment to reveal the skeleton.
03
to create a cavity or hole in something by digging
Transitive: to excavate the ground
Examples
The workers excavated the land to prepare for the building's foundation.
Lexical Tree
excavation
excavator
excavate
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