(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone ~s facts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about.
Researchers have ~ed documents indicating her responsibility for the forced adoption of children...
= uncover
VERB: V n
2.
If someone ~s something that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground.
Fossil hunters have ~ed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old.
VERB: V n
3.
If you say that someone has ~ed something, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time.
From somewhere, he had ~ed a black silk suit...
= dig out
VERB: V n