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- pronunciation:
- ek
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veIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
excavates, excavating, excavated |
| definition 1: |
to make a hole or cavity in by digging or scooping out the interior portion.
- synonyms:
- gouge, hollow out, scoop
- similar words:
- burrow, cave, cavern, dig, hole, pit, quarry, shovel, spade, unearth
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| definition 2: |
to form (a hole, tunnel, or the like) by digging out material.
- synonyms:
- hollow out, scoop, tunnel
- similar words:
- burrow, cave, cavern, channel
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| definition 3: |
to expose by digging away overlying material; unearth.
- synonyms:
- unearth
- similar words:
- bare, dig out, disinter, exhume, expose, mine, quarry, shovel, stope, uncover
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| related words: |
canal, hollow |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to expose an archaeological site.
- similar words:
- dig
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| definition 2: |
to engage in digging out material or hollowing out something.
- synonyms:
- dig, scoop
- similar words:
- burrow, hole, mine, tunnel
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