EXCAVATION Synonyms

• a person who evokes boredom

• a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

• diameter of a tube or gun barrel

• a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

• cause to be bored

• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

• a path over which electrical signals can pass

• a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through

• a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

• a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

• a television station and its programs

• a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

• direct the flow of

• send from one person or place to another

• separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

• fashioned or shaped by cutting

• made neat and tidy by trimming

• (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine

• (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit

• a share of the profits

• (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next

• a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

• a step on some scale

• a wound made by cutting

• a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

• a remark capable of wounding mentally

• a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

• the style in which a garment is cut

• a canal made by erosion or excavation

• a refusal to recognize someone you know

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

• (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

• the division of a deck of cards before dealing

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

• the act of cutting something into parts

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

• the act of reducing the amount or number

• an unexcused absence from class

• with parts removed

• (of a male animal) having the testicles removed

• (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

• mixed with water

• separate with or as if with an instrument

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• make an incision or separation

• discharge from a group

• form by probing, penetrating, or digging

• style and tailor in a certain fashion

• hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction

• make out and issue

• cut and assemble the components of

• intentionally fail to attend

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• give the appearance or impression of

• move (one's fist)

• pass directly and often in haste

• pass through or across

• make an abrupt change of image or sound

• stop filming

• make a recording of

• record a performance on (a medium)

• create by duplicating data

• form or shape by cutting or incising

• perform or carry out

• function as a cutting instrument

• allow incision or separation

• divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult

• cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

• reap or harvest

• fell by sawing; hew

• penetrate injuriously

• refuse to acknowledge

• shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of

• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

• dissolve by breaking down the fat of

• have a reducing effect

• cease, stop

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• have grow through the gums

• grow through the gums

• cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

• excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

• explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

• get from the earth by excavation

• lay mines

• a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

• a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

• (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

• (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

• a trap in the form of a concealed hole

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

• lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

• a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

• set into opposition or rivalry

• mark with a scar

• remove the pits from

• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

• animal hunted or caught for food

• extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

• a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• the main (mid) section of a long bone

• obscene terms for penis

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

• (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

• a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

• a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

• the hollow spine of a feather

• equip with a shaft

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

• a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)

• a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

• move through by or as by digging

• force a way through

• the site of an archeological exploration

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

• the act of digging

• the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• create by digging

• work hard

• remove, harvest, or recover by digging

• thrust down or into

• remove the inner part or the core of

• poke or thrust abruptly

• get the meaning of something

• the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

• laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

• the site of an archeological exploration