Can we use 'unearthed' after 'remain' like in this sentence? many thanks!

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Tiny little peanuts bury themselves underground and remain unearthed until they’re ripe.

“remain unearthed”, is this grammatically right? and what’s the meaning of this?

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PS The grammar is fine.

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thank you for your quick response, Alan. but I am still a little bit confused.

according to the oxford dictionary, unearth refers to “to find sth in the ground by digging”, e.g. “to unearth buried treasures”. since “unearth” is a one time action, how can it be “remain unearthed”.

thanks.

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Whether ‘unearth’ is a one time action or not is irrelevant since the expression is ‘remain unearthed’. As Alan explained, if something remains unearthed it is not taken out of the ground.

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hi, Torsten, thank you for your explanation.

so according to the context of this sentence, we can say that “unearth” here means “not taken out of the ground”, right?

thanks.

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