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English to English verb
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recover through digging |  | Example: Schliemann excavated Troy
excavate gold
source: wordnet30
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find by digging in the ground | | Example: I dug up an old box in the garden
source: wordnet30
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form by hollowing | | Example: Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
excavate a cavity
source: wordnet30
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remove the inner part or the core of | | Example: the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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