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excavate

verb

ex·​ca·​vate ˈek-skə-ˌvāt How to pronounce excavate (audio)
excavated; excavating

transitive verb

1
: to form a cavity or hole in
2
: to form by hollowing out
3
: to dig out and remove
4
: to expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering
excavate the remains of a temple

intransitive verb

: to make excavations

Synonyms

Example Sentences

They excavated an ancient city. It is the first site to be excavated in this area. They began excavating the backyard for their new pool. The excess dirt was carefully excavated.
Recent Examples on the Web The cleanup standard still has yet to be decided, but the work could take 10 to 15 years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars regardless of the scenario to excavate and remove soils. Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 For more than a year, Cotswold Archaeology, Oxford Archaeology and Pre-Construct Archaeology (COPA) have worked to excavate the town and burial site. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022 Ketchum House is a single-story structure that was lifted in the 1940s to excavate the ground to create a basement. oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022 With so much to excavate, the only thing more impressive than the deepness is the lightness. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Crews have since been working around the clock to excavate an 180 inch storm drain to allow rainwater to flow through the system, Mitchell said. Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2022 To excavate the tunnel, workers blasted 45,000 pounds of dynamite. Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 9 June 2022 Several complain the lack of disclosure means the organization wouldn’t be able to stop scofflaws from winning permission to excavate the seabed. Todd Woody, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 But these terms help to excavate the political imagination of her sensuous border crossings, and the national history behind her aesthetic of disappearance. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin excavātus, past participle of excavāre "to hollow out, form a hole in," from ex- ex- entry 1 + cavāre "to make hollow, hollow out," verbal derivative of cavus "hollow, concave" — more at hole entry 1

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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The first known use of excavate was in 1599

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