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un·earth (-ʉrt̸h′)

transitive verb

  1. to dig up from out of the earth
  2. to bring to light as by searching; discover; disclose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

unearth Synonyms

unearth

v.

  1. To bring to light

    discover, find, uncover; see discover, learn 2.

  2. To excavate

    exhume, disinter, unbury; see dig 1, excavate. See syn. study at learn.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

unearth Usage Examples

Object

  • gem: Careful exploration, however, will unearth some worthwhile shopping gems.

Preposition: on

  • site: In 1931, a casket, containing bones, was unearthed on the site of the Abbey Church.

Subject

  • archeologist: About 9000 years ago, they have left little evidence to be unearthed by archeologists.

Adjective complement

  • more: A DIY disaster brings together three very different women and unearths more than dry rot under the floorboards!

Modifying Another Word

  • recently: Recently unearthed records have shown that he might have actually flown a plane 50 years earlier.

Used with why or when

  • which: Symbols Thousands of oracle bones have been unearthed which date back to the Shang dynasty.

Preposition: during

  • excavation: Amazingly, this skull was unearthed during the excavations for the GCR line near Brush Works.

Preposition: by

  • archeologist: The tiny skeleton of Flo unearthed by archeologists on an island in the Indian Ocean was only a meter high.
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