Antonyms for excavate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : eks-kuh-veyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛks kəˌveɪt |
Definition of excavate
Origin :- 1590s, from Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare "to hollow out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cavare "to hollow, hollow out," from cavus "cave" (see cave (n.)). Related: Excavated; excavating.
- verb dig up
- They were men who had studied Greek history and Greek art and they planned to excavate Olympia.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- Excavate: with a depression that is not the segment of a circle.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- Aren't they ever going to excavate it like they did Pompeii?
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- It took an average of 35 shifts to excavate one row of caissons.
- Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
- The top was absolutely flat and of some depth, as it was so hard to excavate.
- Extract from : « Madge Morton's Victory » by Amy D.V. Chalmers
- Mr. Van Brunt laughed, and said they were not going to excavate this house.
- Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
- Here, in the heart of things, they excavate a moderately roomy nest.
- Extract from : « The Spell of the Rockies » by Enos A. Mills
- Pabo could distinguish the marks of the picks used to excavate the adit.
- Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- Excavate a trench eighteen inches deep, and level off the bottom.
- Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall
- Petrels and puffins make their nests in burrows which they excavate in the earth.
- Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes
Synonyms for excavate
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