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UNEARTHING definition: 1. present participle of unearth 2. to discover something in the ground: 3. to discover proof or…. Learn more.
UNEARTHING meaning: 1. present participle of unearth 2. to discover something in the ground: 3. to discover proof or…. Learn more.
The meaning of UNEARTH is to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume. How to use unearth in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Unearth.
If someone unearths facts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about. Researchers have unearthed documents linking her to the forced adoption of children. [VERB noun] The frauds have been unearthed by investigators working for the Health Authority.
unearth Our investigation unearthed mountains of evidence that implicated the city. come across We came across a lovely little restaurant in the village. Artifacts more than 500 years old have been unearthed at the site.
Definition of unearth verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. unearth something to find something in the ground by digging synonym dig up. Police have unearthed a human skeleton. The remains were unearthed last year by archaeologists.
1. discover, find, reveal, expose, turn up, uncover, bring to light, ferret out, root up No evidence has yet been unearthed. 2. dig up, excavate, exhume, dredge up, disinter Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant.
to dig out of the earth: to unearth the ancient city of Troy. make known: to unearth an old rumor. dig up. to uncover or bring to light by search, inquiry, etc.: The lawyer unearthed new evidence. late Middle English unerthen. See un - 2, earth 1400–50. No titles with the word (s) "unearthing". Visit the English Only Forum.
To put something in the earth is to bury it, to unearth it is to take it back out. When digging in the yard you’ll probably unearth creepy-crawlies and, with luck, a lost treasure will surface. To bring anything hidden “into the light” is to unearth it.
Synonyms for UNEARTHING: discovery, finding, detection, exploration, awareness, spotting, uncovering, revelation; Antonyms of UNEARTHING: loss, disappearance, hiding, concealment, burying, interring, entombing, inhuming