excavate, v.
(excavated, excavates, excavating)
(excavated, excavates, excavating)
remove the inner part or the core of
<verb.contact>
dig excavate hollow
sample sentences
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s the trees
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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derivationally related form
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form by hollowing
<verb.contact>
excavate
sample sentences
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team""excavate a cavity"
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
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hypernym
find by digging in the ground
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
dig up excavate turn up
sample sentences
"I dug up an old box in the garden"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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hyponym
verb group
recover through digging
<verb.perception>
excavate unearth
sample sentences
"Schliemann excavated Troy""excavate gold"
verb frames
Somebody ----s Adjectiveverb frames
Somebody ----s Adjective
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