▪ discover (something hidden, lost, or kept secret) by investigation or searching:"they have done all they can to unearth the truth"Similardiscoveruncoverfindcome acrosshit onstrike onencountertrack downbring to lightrevealexposeelicitturn updredge upferret outhunt outfish outnose outsniff outsmell outtake the wraps offOppositecover up