Unearth

English

Verb

Unearth (third-person singular simple present Unearths, present participle Unearthing, simple past and past participle Unearthed)

1. To drive or draw from the earth.
2. To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose.

   to unearth a secret

3. To dig up.

Thesaurus

ascertain, avulse, bring to light, catch on, come across, cut out, delve, deracinate, determine, dig, dig out, dig up, disclose, discover, disentangle, disinter, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exhibit, exhume, expose, exsect, extract, extricate, ferret out, find, find out, fish up, get out, gouge out, grub up, hear, learn, mine, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, remove, reveal, rip out, root out, root up, see, show, take out, tear out, tumble, turn up, uncover, unravel, uproot, weed out, withdraw, worm out, wrest out

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)θ

Translations

to uncover or find

Czech: odkrýt (cs) French: découvrir (fr)

Italian: scovare (it)

to dig up

French: déterrer (fr)

Portuguese: desenterrar (pt)

References

• Unearth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• haunter
• nauther
• urethan