excavate

US: /ˈɛkskəˌveɪt/
UK: /ˈɛkskəvˌe‍ɪt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


excavate /'ekskəveit/
  • ngoại động từ
    • đào
      • to excavate a hole: đào một cái hố
      • to excavate a tunnel: đào một đường hầm
      • to excavate the soil: đào đất
    • khai quật

Advanced English dictionary


+ verb [VN]
1 to dig in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time; to find sth by digging in this way: The site has been excavated by archaeologists. + pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site
2 (formal) to make a hole, etc. in the ground by digging: The body was discovered when builders excavated the area.

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 dig (out or up), hollow or gouge (out), scoop out, burrow or cut (out):
They are excavating a great hole in the centre of the site.
2 unearth, uncover, expose, clear, lay bare, dig up, disinter, bring up, exhume:
A large part of Pompeii has been excavated.

Collocation dictionary


ADV.

completely, fully
The area has not yet been fully excavated.
| extensively | partially, partly | carefully

PREP.

from
Pottery has been excavated from the site.


Concise English dictionary


excavates|excavated|excavating'ekskəveɪt
verb
+lay bare through digging
+find by digging in the ground
+form by hollowing
+remove the inner part or the core of