- Dig up - Make a hole or cavity in the ground - Remove by digging - Unearth - 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. - To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or
anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel. - To dig out and remove, as earth.