exhume

Meaning of exhume

verb

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.

Information about exhume

It is a verb.
The plural form of exhume is: exhumes.
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Hyphenation of exhume

ex-hume

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
exhume is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

exhume synonyms

Meaning disinter:

Meaning :

unbury, unearth

exhume antonyms

Meaning :

bury, inhume, inter

Translation of exhume

German: ausgraben
French: déterrer, exhumer
Spanish: exhumar, desenterrar
Italian: riesumare

Words that rhyme with exhume

Hume, disinhume, inhume, isohume, transhume, aposthume, imposthume, posthume

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