excavate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de creuser et de retirer la terre, le sol ou la roche du sol, souvent pour découvrir des objets enfouis ou créer une cavité.

A verb used to indicate the act of digging out and removing earth, soil, or rock from the ground, often to uncover buried objects or create a hole.

1. Dig out earth or materialB2formalscientific

   To remove earth, soil, or rock from a site, typically to create a hole or uncover something.

   Creuser (la terre)

   • The construction crew began to excavate the foundation for the new building.
   • Archaeologists carefully excavated the ancient burial site.
   • They used heavy machinery to excavate the tunnel.

   Synonymesburrowcutdiggougehollow outremovescoop outtunnelunearth

   Antonymesburycoverfill

2. Uncover by diggingB2formalscientific

   To uncover or expose something buried, especially in archaeology or paleontology.

   Déterrer en creusant

   • The team excavated a dinosaur skeleton from the desert.
   • They excavated pottery fragments from the Roman ruins.
   • The researchers excavated the remains of a medieval village.

   Synonymesdig updisinterexhumeexposeuncoverunearth

   Antonymesburyconcealcover