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unearth en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + earth.

Meanings

1. To drive or draw from the earth.
   • to unearth a fox or a badger
2. (broadly) To dig up.
   • Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry:
   • Modern archaeological excavations have unearthed the remains of a large number of ancient cities that lay buried deep under the sands for more than a thousand years, along the trade route from Bactria to China passing between the Tien Shan mountains in the north and the desert of Taklamakan in the south. 1971, R. C. Majumdar, “Medicine”, in A Concise History of Science in India, New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, published 1989, →OCLC, page 261:
3. To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
   • Near-synonym: discover
   • to unearth a secret
   • He very soon discovered a Wynn Carrados living at Richmond, and, better still, further search failed to unearth another. There was, apparently, only one householder at all events of that name in the neighbourhood of London. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

Deriveds

unearthal · unearthing · unearther

Synonyms

discover · unfold · bring to light · disclose

Translations (30)

nl opgraven (to dig up — see also dig up) · cs odkrýt (to uncover or find) · da grave (to dig up — see also dig up) · de aufdecken (to uncover or find) · rup dizgrop (to dig up — see also dig up) · zu -mba (to dig up — see also dig up) · mi kōhure (to uncover or find) · ro dezgropa (to dig up — see also dig up) · bg изравям (to dig up — see also dig up) · cs vytěžit (to dig up — see also dig up) · fr déterrer (to dig up — see also dig up) · gl desenterrar (to dig up — see also dig up) · de ausgraben (to dig up — see also dig up) · sv gräva (to dig up — see also dig up) · mi huke (to uncover or find) · it scovare (to uncover or find) · bg откривам (to uncover or find) · cy datguddio (to dig up — see also dig up) · cs vykopat (to dig up — see also dig up) · es desenterrar (to dig up — see also dig up) · ota كشف ایتمك (to uncover or find) · cy datguddio (to uncover or find) · pt desenterrar (to dig up — see also dig up) · bg изкопавам (to dig up — see also dig up) · it dissotterrare (to dig up — see also dig up) · cy datgladdu (to dig up — see also dig up) · fr découvrir (to uncover or find) · it disseppellire (to dig up — see also dig up) · cs vydobýt (to dig up — see also dig up) · tr bulmak (to uncover or find)