Antonyms for unearthed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-urth
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɜrθ


Definition of unearthed

Origin :
  • "to dig up," mid-15c., from un- (2) + earth (v.) "to bury in the ground" (see earth). Related: Unearthed; unearthing.
  • verb dig up
Example sentences :
  • Haggerty lifted a rock which they had unearthed and thrown to one side.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • She had unearthed her check book, and was writing words and figures as angular as herself.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • I took a musty volume from Allen Clinton, which he had unearthed from its resting-place.
  • Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade
  • Indeed, he had been unearthed from a midnight carouse at a questionable restaurant.
  • Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
  • After another quarter of an hour's work Barbados unearthed a bottle.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • I unearthed the things I required, but lacked the courage to stay and put them on.
  • Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
  • I repeat "my sanguine" expectations that "Junius" will yet be "unearthed."
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, No. 179. Saturday, April 2, 1853. » by Various
  • He had unearthed Henry Adams who knew himself to be worthless and not current.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
  • Anthony unearthed a college chum who was tally man at a sawmill.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • The game having now been unearthed, the pack follow in full cry.
  • Extract from : « Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers » by Ian Maclaren

Synonyms for unearthed

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