excavate in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
excavate in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
excavate in Sindhi سنڌي
excavate in Urdu اُردُو
excavate in English
- excavate⇄excavate, verb, -vated,-vating.
- excavate⇄v.i. 1. to make an excavation; dig.
2. (Figurative.) to search carefully.
Ex. creditors, after more than a year of excavating, are still not at all certain where all the money went (New York Times). - excavate⇄v.t. 1. to make hollow; hollow out.
Ex. The tunnel was made by excavating the side of a mountain.
2. to make by digging; dig.
Ex. The tunnel was excavated through solid rock.
3. to dig out; scoop out.
Ex. Steam shovels exc