unearth
/ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To dig up.
verb
To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
Example Sentences
- "to unearth a fox or a badger"
- "Modern archaeological excavations have unearthed the remains of a large number of ancient cities that lay buried deep under the sands for more than a thousand years, along the trade route from Bactria to China passing between the Tien Shan mountains in the north and the desert of Taklamakan in the south."
- "Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed."
- "Near-synonym: discover"
- "to unearth a secret"
- "He very soon discovered a Wynn Carrados living at Richmond, and, better still, further search failed to unearth another. There was, apparently, only one householder at all events of that name in the neighbourhood of London."
Etymology
From un- + earth.