excavates
Digs out methodically
Excavates means to dig out or remove material from the ground.
Construction crews excavate foundations; archaeologists excavate ancient sites.
The word implies systematic removal rather than random digging: Workers excavated tons of earth to lay the pipeline.
Figuratively, to excavate is to uncover something buried or hidden: The biography excavates long-forgotten details of her early life.
Reveal what's hidden
- revealMake something visible
- exposeMake known publicly
- investigateSeek facts systematically
- probeThorough examination or tool
delve · research · scrutinize · explore · discover · examine · analyze · truth
Unearth by shoveling
- unearthExcavate or reveal hidden
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- siteDesignated location
- trenchLong narrow excavation
stratigraphy · trowel · sift · burial · tomb · ruins · pottery · bones
Bladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- earthmovingRelocating soil mechanically
grading · dirt · soil · pit · heavy equipment · operator · bucket · hydraulic
uncover
Reveal what's hidden
- revealMake something visible
- exposeMake known publicly
- investigateSeek facts systematically
probe · delve · research · scrutinize · explore · discover · examine · analyze · truth · secrets
dig
Unearth by shoveling
trench · stratigraphy · trowel · sift · burial · tomb · ruins · pottery · bones · relics
bulldozer
Bladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- foundationUnderlying support structure
earthmoving · grading · dirt · soil · pit · heavy equipment · operator · bucket · hydraulic · jobsite
ore
Metal-bearing rock
mineral · coal · extraction · vein · seam · drilling · blasting · underground · haul · deposit
- microorganismsamoeba, paramecium, amoebae, euglena, amoebas
- flagellatesdinoflagellate
- protistsamoeba, amoebas, ciliate, dinoflagellate, Paramecium
- archaeological excavationSystematic unearthing of artifacts
- excavation siteLocation of systematic unearthing
- mini excavatorSmall hydraulic digging machine
- fossil excavationRecovering preserved ancient organisms
- excavation equipmentMachines for digging ground
- deep excavation
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