"unearth" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unearth.wav [Southern-England] Forms: unearths [present, singular, third-person], unearthing [participle, present], unearthed [participle, past], unearthed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ Etymology: un- + earth Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|earth}} un- + earth Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-unearth-en-verb-QzogrwO6
  2. To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment Synonyms: bring to light, disclose, unfold Translations (to uncover or find): откривам (otkrivam) (Bulgarian), odkrýt (Czech), découvrir (French), aufdecken (German), scovare (Italian), huke (Maori), kōhure (Maori), descubrir (Spanish), revelar (Spanish), bulmak (Turkish), datguddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-unearth-en-verb-2Dg9Nsz0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 68 24 Disambiguation of 'to uncover or find': 0 95 5
  3. To dig up. Translations (to dig up): dizgrop (Aromanian), изравям (izravjam) (Bulgarian), изкопавам (izkopavam) (Bulgarian), vydobýt [perfective] (Czech), vykopat [perfective] (Czech), vytěžit [perfective] (Czech), grave (Danish), opgraven (Dutch), déterrer (French), desenterrar (Galician), ausgraben (German), dissotterrare (Italian), disseppellire (Italian), desenterrar (Portuguese), dezgropa (Romanian), desenterrar (Spanish), gräva (Swedish), datgladdu (Welsh), datguddio (Welsh), -mba (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-unearth-en-verb-gSbwniNu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 19 33 48 Disambiguation of 'to dig up': 0 4 95

Inflected forms

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