excavate

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verb

1. recover through digging
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
• Syn:
unearth
• Derivationally related forms:
excavation
• Hypernyms:
uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal
• Hyponyms:
dig, dig up, dig out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s Adjective
2. find by digging in the ground
- I dug up an old box in the garden
• Syn:
dig up, turn up
• Derivationally related forms:
excavation
• Hypernyms:
obtain
• Hyponyms:
grub up, grub out, nuzzle, disinter, exhume
• Verb Group:
locate, turn up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. form by hollowing
- Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
- excavate a cavity
• Derivationally related forms:
excavation, excavator
• Hypernyms:
hollow, hollow out, core out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. remove the inner part or the core of
- the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
• Syn:
dig, hollow
• Derivationally related forms:
hollow (for: hollow), dig (for: dig), excavation
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
drive, trench, ditch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They excavate the trees

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dig, hollow, dig up, turn up, unearth