Excavate Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Excavate crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on May 22 2024 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Excavate has a total of 3 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | DIG | Excavate | Newsday |
| 20% | MINED | Excavated | Eugene Sheffer |
Definition
| • | To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. |
| • | To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. |
| • | To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. |
| • | To thrust; to poke. |
| • | To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. |
| • | To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. |
| • | To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. |
| • | A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4. |
| • | A plodding and laborious student. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Newsday: May 22, 2024
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