excavate
werkwoord
1 excavate
Recover through digging:
— Schliemann excavated Troy.
— Excavate gold.
synoniem: unearth.
2 excavate
3 excavate
Form by hollowing.
4 excavate
Remove the inner part or the core of:
— The mining company wants to excavate the hillside.
Roget 252: be concave etc. adj.; retire, cave in. render concave etc. adj.; depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: opdelven, uithollen
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: avulse, bore, bring to light, bring up, burrow, clear, countersink, cut out, deepen, delve, depress, deracinate, dig, dig out, dig up, dike, disclose, disentangle, disinter, dive ... meer laten zien.
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