excavate
noun
1. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
verb
1. recover through digging
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
Similar word(s): unearth
Definition categories: perception, reveal, unveil
2. find by digging in the ground
Definition categories: contact, obtain
3. form by hollowing
- Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
- excavate a cavity
Definition categories: contact, hollow
4. remove the inner part or the core of
- the mining company wants to excavate the hillside