Excavate word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "excavate" word

[verb] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
[verb] form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
[verb] find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
[verb] lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

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\Ex"ca*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excavated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excavating}.] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See {Cave}.] 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. 2. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel. 3. (Engin.) To dig out and remove, as earth. The material excavated was usually sand. --E. L. Corthell. {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. --Knight.

Synonyms for excavate

dig, dig up, hollow, turn up, unearth

Related terms: bring up, deracinate, dike, disentangle, drive, gouge out, grub up, hollow out, lay bare, lower, pick out, pull, pull out, rip out, root up, sap, sink, tear out, trough, unravel, uproot, weed out

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Let's analyse "excavate" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAVACXE. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . -..- -.-. .- ...- .- - .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: excavate: 5 + 1 + 1 + 5 = 12, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: excavate: 5 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 27, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
V (1)	22	Fool	Fun, Joyous, Persistant, Risk taker, Childish
X (1)	24	Queen of Wands	Dependent, Caring, Sensual, Loving

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