unearth
verb/ʌnˈɜːθ/
/ʌnˈɜːrθ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they unearth | /ʌnˈɜːθ/ /ʌnˈɜːrθ/ |
| he / she / it unearths | /ʌnˈɜːθs/ /ʌnˈɜːrθs/ |
| past simple unearthed | /ʌnˈɜːθt/ /ʌnˈɜːrθt/ |
| past participle unearthed | /ʌnˈɜːθt/ /ʌnˈɜːrθt/ |
| -ing form unearthing | /ʌnˈɜːθɪŋ/ /ʌnˈɜːrθɪŋ/ |
- unearth something to find something in the ground by digging synonym dig up
- to unearth buried treasures
- Police have unearthed a human skeleton.
- The remains were unearthed last year by archaeologists.
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- unearth something to find or discover something by chance or after searching for it synonym dig up
- I unearthed my old diaries when we moved house.
- The newspaper has unearthed some disturbing facts.
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