"excavate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: excavates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} excavate (plural excavates)
  1. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-excavate-en-noun-IOZ8MA70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 13 16 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 13 13 9 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excavate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: excavates [present, singular, third-person], excavating [participle, present], excavated [participle, past], excavated [past]
Etymology: Known since 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“hollow out”), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“make a hole”), from cavus (“cave, hole”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{bor|en|la|excavātus||hollowed out}} Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), {{m|la|excavō||hollow out}} excavō (“hollow out”), {{m|la|ex||out}} ex (“out”), {{m|la|cavō||make a hole}} cavō (“make a hole”), {{m|la|cavus||cave, hole}} cavus (“cave, hole”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} excavate (third-person singular simple present excavates, present participle excavating, simple past and past participle excavated)
  1. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow. Tags: transitive Translations (to make a hole in (something); to hollow): дълбая (dǎlbaja) (Bulgarian), excavar (Catalan), uithollen (Dutch), excaver (French), escavar (Galician), kiás (Hungarian), kiváj (Hungarian), whakakōrua (Maori), karituangi (Maori), haukeri (Maori), escavar (Portuguese), haratay (Quechua), iskapati (Serbo-Croatian), iskopavati (Serbo-Croatian), excavar (Spanish), hukay (butas) (Tagalog), balon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-excavate-en-verb-r7wuz~op Disambiguation of 'to make a hole in (something); to hollow': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out): копая (kopaja) (Bulgarian), uithollen (Dutch), escavar (Galician), elhord (Hungarian), kiemel (Hungarian), kikotor (Hungarian), kimélyít (Hungarian), alámos (Hungarian), haukeri (Maori), escavar (Portuguese), excavar (Spanish), hukay (Tagalog), khai quật (Vietnamese), khawb (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-excavate-en-verb-koGW7Ozn Disambiguation of 'to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out': 1 95 4
  3. (transitive) To uncover (something) by digging. Tags: transitive Translations (to uncover (something) by digging): разкопавам (razkopavam) (Bulgarian), opdelven (Dutch), uitgraven (Dutch), escavar (Galician), 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ufgraban) (Gothic), felás (Hungarian), feltár (Hungarian), effodiō (Latin), huke (Malay), huke (Maori), kohura (Maori), buksan (tanggal takip) (Tagalog), khai quật (Vietnamese), -mba (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-excavate-en-verb-W8~mQaqx Disambiguation of 'to uncover (something) by digging': 2 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: excavation, excavator
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Latin]

Forms: excavāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=excavāte}} excavāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of excavō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: excavō Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
    Sense id: en-excavate-la-verb-w2YZS0r0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} excavate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of excavar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: excavar
    Sense id: en-excavate-es-verb-wYN4L9oT Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎlbaja",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "дълбая"
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      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "excavar"
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      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "uithollen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "excaver"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "escavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "kiás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "kiváj"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "whakakōrua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "karituangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "haukeri"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "escavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "haratay"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "iskapati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "iskopavati"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "excavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "hukay (butas)"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to make a hole in (something); to hollow",
      "word": "balon"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kopaja",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "копая"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "uithollen"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "escavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "elhord"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "kiemel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "kikotor"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "kimélyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "alámos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "haukeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "escavar"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "hukay"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "khai quật"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out",
      "word": "khawb"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkopavam",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "разкопавам"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "opdelven"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "uitgraven"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "escavar"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ufgraban",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "felás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "feltár"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "effodiō"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "huke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "huke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "kohura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "buksan (tanggal takip)"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "khai quật"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to uncover (something) by digging",
      "word": "-mba"
    }
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}

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "en:Zoology"
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        "Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata."
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          "zoology"
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        "(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata."
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      "form": "excavāte",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "en:Lifeforms"
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        "second-person plural present active imperative of excavō"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Spanish verb forms"
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}

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