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excavate

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/

Definition of excavate

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  2. (transitive)To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  3. (transitive)To uncover (something) by digging.

adj

  1. (not-comparable, rare)Made hollow.
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)excavated, hollowed out

noun

  1. Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

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Etymology

First attested in 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“to hollow out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“to hollow out, pierce”), from cavus (“cave, hole”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

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