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excavate


excavate
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈɛkskəveɪt⁄
verb
[with object]
·              1make (a hole or channel) by digging:
the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench

·    dig out material from (the ground):
the ground was largely excavated by hand

·    extract (material) from the ground by digging:
a large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel

·              2remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains:
the site was excavated in 1975

·    reveal or extract (buried remains) while excavating an area:
clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site


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