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excavate
[ eks-kuh-veyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging:
The ground was excavated for a foundation.
- to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.
- to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.).
- to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth:
to excavate an ancient city.
excavate
/ 藞蓻办蝉办蓹藢惫别瑟迟 /
verb
- to remove (soil, earth, etc) by digging; dig out
- to make (a hole, cavity, or tunnel) in (solid matter) by hollowing or removing the centre or inner part
to excavate a tooth
- to unearth (buried objects) methodically in an attempt to discover information about the past
Derived Forms
- 藢别虫肠补藞惫补迟颈辞苍, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 谤别路别虫顎僣补路惫补迟别顎 verb (used with object) reexcavated reexcavating
- 耻苍路别虫顎僣补路惫补迟顎卐诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of excavate1
Example Sentences
While excavating the area in Cambridge, Mr Capon said they came across a glass soft drinks bottle he estimated dated from the 1890s.
About half the site, which lies in an unremarkable field in the grounds of Fonmon Castle, has now been excavated.
Unlike most of those who are searching through the debris of January鈥檚 fires, this isn鈥檛 the first time we鈥檝e excavated the rubble of destroyed lives.
I hope this doesn鈥檛 sound ridiculous, but I think we approach it 鈥 or at least I approach it 鈥 less as though we鈥檙e building something and more as though we鈥檙e excavating something.
Howard Williams, professor of archaeology at the University of Chester, also writes the Archaeodeath blog, examining attitudes to excavated human remains.
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