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- DictionaryEx·ca·vate/ˈekskəˌvāt/
verb
- 1. make (a hole or channel) by digging: "the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench"
- 2. remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains: "the site was excavated in 1975"
Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb excavate, which means to form a cavity or hole in or to dig out and remove something. See also the medical and kids definitions of excavate.
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Excavate means to dig a hole or channel in the ground, or to remove earth from a place to find old objects buried there. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and find translations in other languages.
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 means to make a hole in, hollow out, or remove something by digging or scooping. It can also mean to uncover or expose something by digging, especially in archaeology. See different sources, synonyms, and translations of excavate.
Learn the meaning of excavate, a verb that means to dig a hole or channel in the ground, or to remove earth to find old objects. See how to use excavate in sentences and find synonyms, related words and translations in different languages.
Excavate means to dig in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and collocations, from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
