To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
To uncover (something) by digging.
To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
To uncover; to bring to light.
The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.