Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)excavate, unearthrecover through digging“Schliemann excavated Troy”,
“excavate gold” (v)excavateform by hollowing“Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team”,
“excavate a cavity” (v)excavate, dig, hollowremove the inner part or the core of“the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”