Unearth

//ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θ// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To drive or draw from the earth.

    "to unearth a fox or a badger"

  2. 2
    recover through digging wordnet
  3. 3
    To dig up. broadly

    "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."

  4. 4
    discover by investigation wordnet
  5. 5
    To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.

    "Near-synonym: discover"

Etymology

From Middle English unherthen, equivalent to un- + earth.

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