To dig the basement and/or all areas that will need footings/foundations below ground.

1590s, from Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare "to hollow out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cavare "to hollow, hollow out," from cavus "cave" (see cave [..]

to expose by digging.

recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden [..]

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v. To remove by digging or scooping out.

Dig the basement and or all areas that will need footings/foundations below ground.

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(v) recover through digging(v) find by digging in the ground(v) form by hollowing(v) remove the inner part or the core of

Hollowed out: applied to the coxae of many beetles, which are hollowed out to receive the femora when the legs are folded. Excretion.

To dig. Woodchucks excavate a den in the ground; woodpeckers excavate a cavity in a tree.

to remove by digging or scooping out

to dig an archeological site

Make hollow or extract by digging.

(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. (transitive) To uncover (something) by removing its covering.