excavates
Meaning of excavates
verb, 3rd person present
- make (a hole or channel) by digging.
the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench
- remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains.
the site was excavated in 1975
late 16th century: from Latin excavat- ‘hollowed out’, from the verb excavare, from ex- ‘out’ + cavare ‘make or become hollow’ (from cavus ‘hollow’).
Information about excavates
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of excavates is: excavate.
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Hyphenation of excavates
ex-ca-vates
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- excavates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
excavates synonyms
Meaning make (a hole, grave, etc.) by breaking up and moving earth:
Meaning make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade:
Meaning make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging:
Meaning (of an animal) make a hole or tunnel, typically for use as a dwelling:
Meaning dig or force a passage underground or through something:
Meaning excavate (a well) or bore (a shaft) vertically downwards:
Meaning extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry:
Meaning used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker:
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