excavate

(verb) recover through digging. Synonyms: unearth. Examples: "Schliemann excavated troy." "Excavate gold."

(verb) find by digging in the ground. Synonyms: dig up, turn up. Example: "I dug up an old box in the garden."

(verb) form by hollowing. Examples: "Carnegie had a lake excavated for princeton university's rowing team." "Excavate a cavity."

(verb) remove the inner part or the core of. Synonyms: dig, hollow. Example: "The mining company wants to excavate the hillside."