unearth
pronunciation
How to pronounce unearth in British English:
UK [ʌnˈɜːθ]
How to pronounce unearth in American English:
US [ʌnˈɜːrθ]
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- Verb:
- bring to light
- lay bare through digging
Word Origin
- unearth (v.)
- "to dig up," mid-15c., from un- (2) "opposite of" + earth (v.) "bury (a corpse) in the ground" (c. 1400, from earth (n.)). Related: Unearthed; unearthing.
Example
- 1. Inquiries under way are bound to unearth more instances of ethically , and even legally , challenged bankers .
- 2. But if she kicked this one habit , she would unearth deeper problems and start to solve them too .
- 3. Experts hope to unearth evidence to support theories that shakespeare wrote many of his most famous works at the property .
- 4. As appointment slots at my local health centre are five minutes long , it would be maddening if she started using three of them to see what she could unearth on google .
- 5. They reacted by embarking on a quest to unearth all evidence of my sexual activity , like archaeologists hell-bent on discovering the remains of an ancient civilization .