excavate 1
verbdomain: v perception
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
recover through digging
Examples
- 1.Schliemann excavated Troy
- 2.excavate gold
Synonyms
- unearth 2
recover through digging
Hypernym
bring out 1
verb
make visible
EnglishDerivationally related form
excavation 1
noun
the act of digging
excavation 3
noun
a hole in the ground made by excavating
excavation 2
noun
the site of an archeological exploration
Hyponym
dig 4
verb
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
