excavate
/ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/ verbe C1En français : excaver
- 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 · Prétérit excavated · Participe passé excavated · Forme en -ing excavating
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- excavate
- He/she/it
- excavates
- Prétérit
- excavated
- Participe passé
- excavated
- Forme en -ing
- excavating
Dans la bibliothèque
He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
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.
To overcome these natural obstacles, the workforce excavated hundreds of miles of complex tunnels through solid granite.
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