unearth Definition
un·earth (-ʉrt̸h′)
transitive verb
- to dig up from out of the earth
- to bring to light as by searching; discover; disclose
unearth Synonyms
unearth
v.
unearth Usage Examples
Object
- gem: Careful exploration, however, will unearth some worthwhile shopping gems.
- skeleton: Having unearthed a human skeleton, the boys did not run screaming out of the woods, did they?
- treasure: But the ordinary digger neither hopes nor expects to unearth such treasures as these.
- secret: Working against the clock, we unearth family secrets, disembodied characters, a childhood tragedy.
- clue: Scientists unearthed several new clues to the disease through a complex, multi-step investigation.
- talent: The key is to unearth the very best talent - wherever it may be.
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.
- finally: Only in February 2005 did an application under the freedom of information act finally unearth the allegedly " lost " document.
- far: One of the earliest pieces of teletext documentation so far unearthed for Teletext Then and Now has been contributed by Mark Cook.
- also: Some human skeletons were also unearthed, which, on being exposed to the air, crumbled to dust.
- just: In an ancient text just unearthed these variations would present no problem.
- only: All the time we have been at the front we have succeeded in unearthing only one document from the Central Committee of the Party.
Used with why or when
- which: Symbols Thousands of oracle bones have been unearthed which date back to the Shang dynasty.
- what: Of interest, during these cleaning activities he unearthed what appeared to be a bear trap wedged in a crack.
Preposition: during
- excavation: Amazingly, this skull was unearthed during the excavations for the GCR line near Brush Works.
- work: The routine business was interrupted by the arrival of a time capsule from 1891 that had been unearthed during building work.
Preposition: by
archeologist: The tiny skeleton of Flo unearthed by archeologists on an island in the Indian Ocean was only a meter high.
Browse dictionary entries near unearth
- ‹ unearned run
- ‹ unearned increment
- ‹ unearned
- ‹ UNE-P
- ‹ Une
- ‹ undying
- ‹ undutiful
- ‹ unduly
- ‹ undulatory
- ‹ undulation
- unearthly ›
- unease ›
- uneasiness ›
- uneasy ›
- uneconomical ›
- unedited ›
- uneducated ›
- unembellished ›
- unemotional ›
- unemployable ›

