EXCAVATE
\ˈɛkskəvˌe͡ɪt], \ˈɛkskəvˌeɪt], \ˈɛ_k_s_k_ə_v_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of EXCAVATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
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form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
By Princeton University
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find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
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form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To dig or hollow out; scoop or cut into; to bring to light by digging; as, to excavate the ruins of ancient cities.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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