recover through digging; Schliemann excavated Troy; excavate gold

[ Syn: unearth ]

find by digging in the ground; I dug up an old box in the garden

[ Syn: dig up , turn up ]

form by hollowing; Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team; excavate a cavity'

remove the inner part or the core of; the mining company wants to excavate the hillside

[ Syn: dig , hollow ]