نبش1 نَبَشَ, aor. ـُ (S, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. نَبْشٌ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) He took, drew, or pulled, out, or forth, (Mgh, Msb, K,) a thing, (Msb, TA,) [as] a leguminous plant, (S,) or a thing buried, (Mgh,) or a thing after burial, (TA,) [as] a corpse; (S, TA;) whence نَبَّاشٌ, q. v.: (S, Mgh:) he made a thing that was concealed or covered to come out or forth, or to become apparent. (A, K.) b2:  [Hence,] هُوَ يَنْبُشُ لِعِيَالِهِ, (A, TA,) inf, n. as above, (K, TA,) (tropical:)  He draws forth sustenance hence and thence for his family, or household: (A:) or (tropical:)  he gains, or earns, or seeks sustenance, for them. (K, * TA.) b3:  and هُوَ يَنْبُشُ الأَسْرَارَ, (A, TA,) and الحَدِيثَ, inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) (tropical:)  He draws forth, or elicits, secrets, and discourse, narration, or information: (K, * TA:) or نَبَشْتُ السِّرَّ signifies (assumed tropical:)  I divulged the secret. (Msb.) b4:  And العُرُوقَ ↓ إِنْتَبَشَ (tropical:)  He drew forth, or extracted, the veins. (A.) b5: Also, He removed, a thing from over another thing which it covered or concealed; (A, Msb, * K;) and earth from a thing beneath it: (A, Msb: *) whence نَبَّاشٌ, q. v. (Msb, K.) b6:  and hence, نَبَشَ القَبْرَ [He uncovered, or he rifled, or ransacked, the grave]. (A, Mgh, Msb.) A2:  Also, He dug with the hand; as also نَبَثَ. (Az, in S, art. نبث.) 5 هُوَ يَتَنَبَّشُ عَنِ الأَسْرَارِ [app. (assumed tropical:)  He endeavours to draw forth or elicit, or he searches out, secrets]. (TA.) 8 إِنْتَبَشَ see 1.نِبَاشَةٌ The trade, or occupation, of the نَبَّاش. (TA.) نَبِيشَةٌ Earth extracted from a well or burrow or the like. Hence,] نَبِيشَةُ اليَرْبُوعِ [The earth extracted by the jerboa in making its burrow]. (T in art. دم.) نَبَّاشٌ One who rifles, or ransacks, graves; who  takes forth the dead from them; or who uncovers graves. (Mgh, Msb.) See 1, in two places.أَنْبُوشٌ A thing that is taken, drawn, or pulled, out, or forth: (Lh:) the lower part of leguminous plants taken, drawn, or pulled, out, or forth: (S, K:) or trees pulled out by the trunk and roots: (K:) as also ↓ أُنْبُوشَةٌ: (TA:) or ↓ both  signify what is torn out by the rain: (AHeyth:) pl. أَنَابِيشُ, (S, K,) the pl. of both the above words. (AHeyth.) b2:  Also, Full-grown unripe  dates that are pierced with thorns in order that they may ripen. (TA.) b3:  And the pl. signifies Small arrows. (Sgh.) Some say that this pl. has no singular. (MF.) أُنْبُوشَةٌ: see أُنْبُوشٌ, in two places.