tr.v., -earthed, -earth·ing, -earths.

1. To bring up out of the earth; dig up.
2. To bring to public notice; uncover.

verb

To find by investigation: dig (out or up), turn up, uncover. See show/hide.

v

Definition: dig up
Antonyms: bury

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IN BRIEF: To dig up. Also: To discover or to find.

No sooner did I bend over and scratch the soil with the hoe that I began to unearth bits and pieces of my past. — Nancy H. Jordan.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fremgrave, grave op, bringe for dagen, jage ud af hulen

Nederlands (Dutch)
aan het licht brengen, opdiepen, opgraven, uit zijn hol jagen (dier)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Archéol) exhumer, (fig) dénicher, découvrir (un fait, une preuve)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausgraben, zu Tage fördern, aufstöbern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεθάβω, ξετρυπώνω, ξεχώνω, (μτφ.) ανακαλύπτω

Italiano (Italian)
scovare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desterrar

Русский (Russian)
выкапывать из земли, выгонять животное из норы, выяснять (подробности, секреты и пр.)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desenterrar, descubrir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gräva upp, upptäcka

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
发掘, 从洞中赶出, 掘出

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發掘, 從洞中趕出, 掘出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 발굴하다, 발견하다, 폭로하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 発掘する, 明るみに出す, 摘発する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اكتشف ما يصعب العثور عليه, نبش, اخرج شيئا دفينا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חפר, גילה, חשף‬

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