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Verb
S:
(v)
excavate
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unearth
(recover through digging)
"Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
S:
(v)
excavate
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dig up
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turn up
(find by digging in the ground)
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
S:
(v)
excavate
(form by hollowing)
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
S:
(v)
excavate
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dig
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hollow
(remove the inner part or the core of)
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"