İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. kazı yapmak, hafriyat yapmak.
2. kazıyıp ortaya çıkarmak. kazmak, (çukur) açmak. kaz. kaz. f.
3. kazıyıp ortaya çıkarmak. kazmak, eşmek. kazmak, oymak, kazı yapmak.
4. kazmak, kazı yapmak, oymak.
5. kazmak. (çukur) açmak.
6. kazmak. hafriyat yapmak. kazı yapmak.
7. kaz.

Etymology : Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare, from ex- + cavare to make hollow; more at CAVATINA
Pronunciation : 'ek-sk&-"vAt
Function : verb
Date : 1599

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1. dig out, hollow out; unearth, lay bare by digging. 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.].
2. 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.
3. to form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
4. (engin.) to dig out and remove, as earth. the material excavated was usually sand. l. corthell.
5. 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.
6. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
7. To dig out and remove, as earth. remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity" find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden" lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy".
8. 1. When archaeologists or other people excavate a piece of land, they remove earth carefully from it and look for things such as pots, bones, or buildings which are buried there, in order to discover information about the past. A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs. + excavation excavations ex·ca·va·tion the excavation of a bronze-age boat.
9. To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there. A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay. + excavation ex·ca·va·tion the excavation of canals.