Make a hole in the ground.
Excavate is to dig a hole in ground. It means that the earth in that area is removed.
To dig, as in to understand or appreciate something, is not figurative language. Some sources hypothesize that it derives from an African dialectical word, degg, meaning to understand. Others credit Irish Gaelic and the word dtuig, which has the same definition.
Excavate is the word for dig up.
Another word for dig is excavate.
Excavate is the word for dig up.
to turn up or to dig out with the snout
Excavate means to dig out. It starts with the letters ex.
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It depends on the context.