We should excavate. Who knows, maybe we'll find something important and become famous.
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Excavate
//ˈɛk.skə.veɪt//
Synonyms for "excavate" (93 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պեղել verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дълбая verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- копая verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- разкопавам verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Catalan
4 entries- desenterrar verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
- excavar verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- excavar verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- excavar verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Dutch
4 entries- opdelven verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
- uitgraven verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
- uithollen verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- uithollen verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
French
1 entries- excaver verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
Galician
3 entries- escavar verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- escavar verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- escavar verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Hungarian
4 entries- alámos verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- elhord verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- feltár verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
- felás verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Latin
1 entries- effodiō verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Malay
1 entries- huke verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Māori
4 entries- haukeri verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- haukeri verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- huke verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
- karituangi verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قازمق verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
Portuguese
2 entries- escavar verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- escavar verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
Quechua
1 entries- haratay verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- iskapati verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- iskopavati verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
Spanish
3 entries- asotanar verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- excavar verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- excavar verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
Tagalog
4 entries- balon verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
- buksan (tanggal takip) verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
- hukay verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- hukay (butas) verb (to make a hole in (something); to hollow)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khai quật verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
- khai quật verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
White Hmong
1 entries- khawb verb (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out)
Zulu
1 entries- mba verb (to uncover (something) by digging)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Over 17 years, a team of scientists continued to excavate, analyse and piece together portions of the small woman, according to Haile-Selassie, who is now the curator and director of physical anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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