1. excavate - verb
· recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
Synonym(s): unearth
Hypernym(s): bring_out, unveil, reveal
2. excavate - verb
· find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
Hypernym(s): obtain
3. excavate - verb
· form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
Hypernym(s): hollow, hollow_out, core_out
4. excavate - verb
· remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
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