excavate

/'ekskəveit/
Verb
  1. remove the inner part or the core of
    • the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
  2. form by hollowing
    • Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
    • excavate a cavity
  3. find by digging in the ground
    • I dug up an old box in the garden
  4. recover through digging
    • Schliemann excavated Troy
    • excavate gold

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excavate
The archaeologist carefully excavates an ancient artifact from the soil.