excavate

1. Recover through digging (synset 202148002)
   "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
   is a type of: bring out, reveal, unveil - make visible
   subtypes: dig, dig out, dig up - remove, harvest, or recover by digging
   same as: unearth
2. Find by digging in the ground (synset 201316583)
   "I dug up an old box in the garden"
   is a type of: obtain - come into possession of
   subtypes:

   • grub out, grub up - dig up
   • nuzzle - dig out with the snout
   • disinter, exhume - dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
   same as: dig up, turn up
   verb group: locate, turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
3. Form by hollowing (synset 201314038)
   "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
   is a type of: core out, hollow, hollow out - remove the interior of
4. Remove the inner part or the core of (synset 201313320)
   "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
   is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
   subtypes:

   • drive - excavate horizontally
   • ditch, trench - cut a trench in, as for drainage
   same as: dig, hollow

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