01 v. t. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
imp. & p. p.
Excavated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excavating
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1.
To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
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2.
To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
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3.
To dig out and remove, as earth.(Engin.)“The material excavated was usually sand.” — E. L. Corthell.
Phrases & compounds
Excavating pump —
a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump.