excavate

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Verb

excavate (excavates, present participle excavating; past and past participle excavated)

1. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
2. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
3. (transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.

Related terms

• excavation
• excavator

Translations

• French: excaver
• Portuguese: escavar
• Spanish: excavar

Translations

• Portuguese: escavar
• Spanish: excavar

Noun

excavate (plural excavates)

1. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

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