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ex⋅ca⋅vate
[eks-kuh-veyt] 
kəˌveɪt
–verb (used with object), -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material. |
| 3. | to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.). |
| 4. | to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth: to excavate an ancient city. |
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| ex·ca·vate (ěk'skə-vāt') v. ex·ca·vat·ed, ex·ca·vat·ing, ex·ca·vates v. tr.
To engage in digging, hollowing out, or removing. [Latin excavāre, excavāt-, to hollow out : ex-, ex- + cavāre, to hollow (from cavus, hollow; see keuə- in Indo-European roots).] |
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