What is the meaning of excavate?

verb

  • Recover through digging.
    • usage: "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
  • Find by digging in the ground.
    • usage: "I dug up an old box in the garden"
  • Form by hollowing.
    • usage: "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
  • Remove the inner part or the core of.
    • usage: "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
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