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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
/ ˈɛkskəˌveɪt /
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
Other Word Forms
- reexcavate verb (used with object)
- unexcavated adjective
- excavation noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of excavate1
Example Sentences
Her pieces on two books, “Black England” and “Black Manhattan,” excavate hidden histories of Black resistance and the painful compromises brokered to move forward.
A few historians have excavated rights in the Middle Ages.
Robert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories.
He didn’t just co-write this tale of two estranged brothers excavating their complicated history — he imbues it with his essence, its reason for being.
Some may see his truth as a superficial one, but it’s a truth nonetheless, and it’s when he decides to excavate it onscreen that “Jay Kelly” rises above its more shallow, glitzy trappings.
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