to unearth
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4.2
- verb
- /ʌnˈɜrθ/
:
desenterrar
- But then, in 1907, just outside of Cairo, a local farmer unearthed two of them.
- archaeologists unearthed
- unearthed the skeleton
- unearthed during the excavation
Terrain to try to unearth these things and explode them.
- Terrain to try to unearth these things and explode them.
- You know, they're hidden under the rocks and maybe living between the crevices and unearthing them and and pushing them out in front and saying share.
Examples
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Archaeologists unearth an ancient artifact during their excavation of the site.
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And I unearthed it, and it was an ancient chest.
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When the crystal was unearthed, no one could make the console inside work.
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I unearthed a skull this afternoon on the site of what I suspect to be a Roman villa.
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Now, if we are fortunate enough to unearth some Spanish metal relics, we'll know that Vargas and his men were here.
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Setting out to dig one day, they unearthed the ancient skeleton of a Spaniard.
Academic text (2002) -
In the western United States, a group of archaeology students have unearthed the tomb of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian priestess.
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Behind a pruned rosebush, he unearthed a rotted leather bag of silver coins.
Fiction book (1995) -
A search of every house unearthed dozens of copper and bronze grave goods, perfumed oils, fine linen, as well as 40 pounds of silver and more than ten pounds of gold.
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Last summer, they unearth a hidden treasure while digging in their backyard.
Synonyms
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1.0
To discover something while looking or by accident
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1.0
To find out about something for the first time, often by chance
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3.0
To find something while searching or by chance
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2.0
To take something out of the ground by digging
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2.7
Remove a cover to show what is under it
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8.1
To dig up a body from the ground for checking or burying again
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5.8
To dig in the ground to find or remove old objects, often by archaeologists
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3.4
Find and take out something that is hidden or forgotten
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8.6
Dig up a buried body to examine it
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6.3
To dig and loosen soil, for example with a spade
To find something without expecting it while searching
Antonyms
How Found
Surface Forms
Morphology
unearth = earth (transparent) = un + earth
This is the literal sense formed by adding the productive negative/privative prefix 'un-' to the verb 'earth' meaning 'to put in the ground', so the meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
Unearth comes from un- ('remove') and earth ('ground' or 'soil'). It keeps the simple, literal idea: to unearth an object is to dig it up and take it out of the ground.