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un·earth

(ŭn-ûrth′)

tr.v. un·earthed, un·earth·ing, un·earths

1. To bring up out of the earth; dig up.

2. To bring to public notice; uncover.

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unearth

(ʌnˈɜːθ)

vb (tr)

1. to dig up out of the earth

2. to reveal or discover, esp by exhaustive searching

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

un•earth

(ʌnˈɜrθ)

v.t.

1. to dig out of the earth.

2. to bring to light by search, inquiry, etc.; uncover.

[1400–50]

unearth

Past participle: unearthed
Gerund: unearthing

Imperative
unearth
unearth

Present
I unearth
you unearth
he/she/it unearths
we unearth
you unearth
they unearth

Preterite
I unearthed
you unearthed
he/she/it unearthed
we unearthed
you unearthed
they unearthed

Present Continuous
I am unearthing
you are unearthing
he/she/it is unearthing
we are unearthing
you are unearthing
they are unearthing

Present Perfect
I have unearthed
you have unearthed
he/she/it has unearthed
we have unearthed
you have unearthed
they have unearthed

Past Continuous
I was unearthing
you were unearthing
he/she/it was unearthing
we were unearthing
you were unearthing
they were unearthing

Past Perfect
I had unearthed
you had unearthed
he/she/it had unearthed
we had unearthed
you had unearthed
they had unearthed

Future
I will unearth
you will unearth
he/she/it will unearth
we will unearth
you will unearth
they will unearth

Future Perfect
I will have unearthed
you will have unearthed
he/she/it will have unearthed
we will have unearthed
you will have unearthed
they will have unearthed

Future Continuous
I will be unearthing
you will be unearthing
he/she/it will be unearthing
we will be unearthing
you will be unearthing
they will be unearthing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unearthing
you have been unearthing
he/she/it has been unearthing
we have been unearthing
you have been unearthing
they have been unearthing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unearthing
you will have been unearthing
he/she/it will have been unearthing
we will have been unearthing
you will have been unearthing
they will have been unearthing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unearthing
you had been unearthing
he/she/it had been unearthing
we had been unearthing
you had been unearthing
they had been unearthing

Conditional
I would unearth
you would unearth
he/she/it would unearth
we would unearth
you would unearth
they would unearth

Past Conditional
I would have unearthed
you would have unearthed
he/she/it would have unearthed
we would have unearthed
you would have unearthed
they would have unearthed

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Verb	1.	unearth - bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President" locate, turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
	2.	unearth - recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" excavate bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" dig out, dig up, dig - remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal"

unearth

verb

1. discover, find, reveal, expose, turn up, uncover, bring to light, ferret out, root up No evidence has yet been unearthed.

2. dig up, excavate, exhume, dredge up, disinter Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant.

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unearth

verb

To find by investigation:

dig (out or up), turn up, uncover.

Translations

يَكْتَشِف، يَكْشِف عن، يَنْبِش

vyhrabat

afdækkefinde frem til

ans Licht bringen

déterrer révéler

grafa upp, uppgötva

dissotterrare

išknisti

atrastcelt gaismā

grave fram

meydana/gün ışığına çıkarmak

发掘掘出

unearth

[ˈʌnˈɜːθ] VT

1. (= dig up) → desenterrar

2. (= uncover) (fig) → desenterrar, descubrir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unearth

[ˌʌnˈɜː^rθ] vt

(= dig up) [+ bones, human remains, treasure] → mettre au jour

(= discover) [+ evidence, facts] → mettre au jour

unearth

vt → ausgraben; (fig) book etc → aufstöbern; information, evidence, talent → zutage or zu Tage bringen, ausfindig machen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unearth

[ʌnˈɜːθ] vt → dissotterrare (fig) (secret) → scoprire; (object) → scovare; (evidence) → portare alla luce

unearth

(anˈəːθ) verb

to discover (something) or remove it from a place where it is put away or hidden. During his studies, he unearthed several new facts about the history of the place.

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