excavate

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

excavates

V_ing/Gerund

excavating

V_ed/pp

excavated

1.
(transitive)To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
2.
(transitive)To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
3.
(transitive)To uncover (something) by digging.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, rare)(rare, as an adjective) Made hollow.
2.
(not comparable, obsolete)(obsolete, as a participle) excavated, hollowed out

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

excavates

1.
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

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nonexcavatedunexcavatedexcavatablere-excavateexcavationexcavator

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro 1599, from Latin excavātus (hollowed out), perfect passive participle of excavō (to hollow out) (see -ate and -ate), from ex (out) + cavō (to hollow out, pierce), from cavus (cave, hole) + -ō. Participial usage up until Early Modern English.