unearth[verb]Synonyms:- discover, expose, find, reveal, uncover
- dig up, dredge up, excavate, exhume
Related Words: exhibit,
expose,
show,
disclose,
reveal,
delve,
dig
English Thesaurus: find, discover, locate, come across something, stumble on/across something, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
un‧earth /ʌnˈɜːθ $ -ˈɜːrθ/
verb [transitive] [
Word Family: noun:
earth,
earthling,
earthiness;
adjective:
earthy,
earthly ≠
unearthly,
earthen;
verb:
unearth;
adverb: earthward(s)]
1. to find something after searching for it, especially something that has been buried in the ground or lost for a long time:
Farmers still sometimes unearth human bones here. In one shop, I unearthed a wonderful collection of 1920s toys.2. to find information or the truth about something or someone
Synonym : dig up:
The inquiry unearthed some disturbing evidence. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
find to get or see something that you have been searching for:
Have you found your passport yet? Police later found the car abandoned in a wood.discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before:
A second bomb has been discovered in south London.locate formal to find the exact position of something:
The airline are still trying to locate my luggage. Online maps make it easy to locate almost any place in the world.come across something to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it:
I came across some old letters from my father in my drawer.stumble on/across something to find something unexpectedly, especially something very important:
They may have stumbled across some vital evidence. Completely by chance we had stumbled on the biggest hit of the year.trace to find someone or something that has disappeared, especially by a careful process of collecting information:
She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter.track somebody/something down to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching in different places:
I’ve been trying to track down a book that’s out of print. The police managed to track down the killer.unearth to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time, by digging or searching for it:
In 1796, a carved stone was unearthed near the burial mound. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲