Main entry: dig, excavate, hollow
Definition: remove the inner part or the core of
Usage: the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
Main entry: excavate
Definition: form by hollowing
Usage: Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team; excavate a cavity
Main entry: dig up, turn up, excavate
Definition: find by digging in the ground
Usage: I dug up an old box in the garden
Definition: recover through digging
Usage: Schliemann excavated Troy; excavate gold