Excavate \Ex"ca*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excavated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excavating}.] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See {Cave}.] 1. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
2. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
3. (Engin.) To dig out and remove, as earth.
The material excavated was usually sand. --E. L. Corthell.
{Excavating pump}, a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. --Knight.
Authorities then sought a warrant to excavate the chief's yard.
Under the supervision of trained researchers, the student diggers excavate the ruins of the Anasazi, the "ancient ones" in the language of some of their apparent descendants, the Navajo.
Gramly has a state permit to excavate the 11,200-year-old site, which has yielded stone and bone tools made in the style attributed to the so-called Clovis people.
Workers who plan to excavate an old hospital cemetery will be given smallpox vaccinations because the virus, which has been declared eradicated worldwide, could still be lurking underground.
"We have only until May 4, when motorway workers are due to move in, but with 11 men working flat out I think we'll be able to excavate the whole site," archaeologist Helge Nielsen said.
Between June 20 and July 8, 15 to 20 youths will help excavate and do lab analysis of artifacts recovered from previous digs of American Indian and European culture sites.
Cover the area with a layered filter and wait for the reservoir to drop 15 feet, then carefully excavate and repair drain, if damaged."
U.S. military experts went to Laos this month to excavate two crash sites in southern Laos.
The planes carried electric generators, metal detectors and tools to excavate the site in Savannakhet province where the Mohawk OV-1A aircraft crashed, said Maj. Tim Pfister.
The most prominent is Mark Clare, the capable and earnest leader of an archaeological team that, as the novel opens, is preparing to excavate a neolithic tomb in Dorset's Pilgrin Valley.
"It's rare we get the opportunity to excavate the burial and village site in same situation," Diters said.
Foundation officials say about $4.2 million was spent to excavate and overhaul the plane.