excavate
/ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/ verbo C1En español: excavar, asotanar
- To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
- To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
- To uncover (something) by digging.
He/she/it excavates · Pasado excavated · Participio pasado excavated · Forma en -ing excavating
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- excavate
- He/she/it
- excavates
- Pasado
- excavated
- Participio pasado
- excavated
- Forma en -ing
- excavating
De la biblioteca
The fresh earth excavated during their present work, and which would have entirely blocked up the old passage, was thrown, by degrees and with the utmost precaution, out of the window in either Faria’s or Dantès’ cell, the rubbish being first pulverized so finely that the night wind carried it far away without permitting the smallest trace to remain.
He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
To overcome these natural obstacles, the workforce excavated hundreds of miles of complex tunnels through solid granite.
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