unearths

Verb

unearth (third-person singular simple present unearths, present participle unearthing, simple past and past participle unearthed)

1. To drive or draw from the earth.
   • to unearth a fox or a badger
2. (broadly) To dig up.
   • 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...1971, R. C. Majumdar, “Medicine”, in A Concise History of Science in India, New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, published 1989, →OCLC, page 261
3. To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
   • Near-synonym: discover

   Synonyms:

   bring to light, disclose, unfold, discover