UNEARTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unearth mean? 

• UNEARTH (verb)
  The verb UNEARTH has 2 senses:

1. bring to light

2. recover through digging

  Familiarity information: UNEARTH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNEARTH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unearth    ... he / she / it unearths   
Past simple: unearthed   
Past participle: unearthed   
-ing form: unearthing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring to light

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President

Hypernyms (to "unearth" is one way to...):

locate; turn up (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Recover through digging

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

excavate; unearth

Context example:

excavate gold

Hypernyms (to "unearth" is one way to...):

bring out; reveal; unveil (make visible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unearth"):

dig; dig out; dig up (remove, harvest, or recover by digging)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s Adjective

 Context examples 

But when he was at last unearthed, and Spitz flew at him to punish him, Buck flew, with equal rage, in between.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Thousand-year-old tropical soils unearthed by accelerating deforestation and agricultural land use could be unleashing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new study at Florida State University.

(Tropical soil disturbance could be hidden source of carbon dioxide, National Science Foundation)

The enormous bone — which weighs in at around half a ton — was unearthed from a dinosaur fossil-rich dig site in the department of Charente south west France.

(140 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur’s Huge Bone Found in Southwest France, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In this new finding, in addition to the surprising discovery of over 300 eggs, an unprecedented 16 embryos with preserved eggs in three dimensions were unearthed.

(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)

The newly discovered fossil was unearthed in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania.

(Researchers find oldest fossil evidence of modern African venomous snakes, NSF)

Based on a fossil unearthed in southern Tanzania, these early relatives were carnivorous animals that measured approximately 7-10 feet long, with long necks and tails.

(Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance, NSF)

Capricorn rules historical material, such as estate jewelry, landmark buildings, historical autographs, fossils, and other valuable items saved or unearthed from the past.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

So Martin unearthed a carbon copy of "Star-dust," and during the reading of it Brissenden chuckled, rubbed his hands, and forgot to sip his toddy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

With the help of professional excavators and coal miners, the scientists unearthed vertebrae, ribs, limbs and pelvic bones over the course of several months.

(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)

In April, archaeologists unearthed several mummies, 10 colourful wooden sarcophagi and more than 1,000 funerary statues near the city of Luxor.

(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)