To drive or draw from the earth.
to unearth a fox or a badger
To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment
to unearth a secret
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 south.
From Middle English unherthen, equivalent to un- + earth.
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