- (v.t.) To dig out and remove, as earth.
- (v.t.) To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
- (v.t.) To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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