unearth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bring to light
    • The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President
  2. verb recover through digging
    excavate.
    • Schliemann excavated Troy
    • excavate gold

WordNet

Un*earth" transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + earth.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Unearthed ; present participle & verbal noun Unearthing
Definitions
  1. To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.
    To unearth the roof of an old tree. Wordsworth.

Webster 1913