unearth
To drive or draw from the earthTo drive or draw from the earth.
» We unearth potatoes.
Ми викопуємо картоплю.
Meaning
3 sensesTo drive or draw from the earth.
to unearth a fox or a badger
(broadly)To dig up.
ausgraben
To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
Near-synonym: discover
to unearth a secret
aufdecken
- discover by investigation
- recover through digging
Examples
16 sentencesWe unearth potatoes.
Ми викопуємо картоплю.
The police unearthed four dead bodies.
Row after row the potatoes are unearthed and collected with a hoe.
The orcs unintentionally unearthed a being of immense power, who enslaved them.
The anthropologist is piecing together pottery shards she unearthed at the excavation site.
deDie Anthropologin fügt Keramikscherben zusammen, die sie bei der Ausgrabung zutage gefördert hat.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From un- + earth.From un- + earth.
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Forms
unearths, unearthing, unearthed, unearthedSynonyms
5 synonyms- recover through digging:excavate
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle