crosscut vs excavate

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

excavate

verb
  • To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. 

  • To uncover (something) by digging. 

  • To make a hole in (something); to hollow. 

noun
  • Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata. 

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