Excavate - Definition

v 1: recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy";
"excavate gold" [syn: excavate, unearth]
2: find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the
garden" [syn: excavate, dig up, turn up]
3: form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for
Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
4: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig,
hollow]