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exhume
- /ɛksˈ(h)juːm/ UK
- /ɪɡˈzjuːm/ UK
- /ɛkˈs(j)um/ US
- /ɪɡˈz(j)um/ US
Rhymes with -uːm
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).
verb exhumes · exhuming · exhumed
- To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
- To uncover; to bring to light. Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists.
Similar: dig up, disinter, unbury, unearth · Opposite: bury, inhume, inter
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verb To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter
| Español | exhumar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 掘り出す horidasu, 掘り起こす horiokosu, 発掘する hakkutsu suru |
| 中文 | 發掘 /发掘 fājué |
| Português | exumar, desenterrar |
| Français | exhumer |
| Deutsch | exhumieren |
| Italiano | esumare |
| Română | exhuma, deshuma, dezgropa |
| Русский | эксгуми́ровать eksgumírovatʹ, выка́пывать vykápyvatʹ, вы́копать výkopatʹ, вырыва́ть vyryvátʹ, вы́рыть výrytʹ |
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