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INHUME
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they inhume ... he / she / it inhumes
Past simple: inhumed
-ing form: inhuming
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
Synonyms:
bury; entomb; inhume; inter; lay to rest
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "inhume" is one way to...):
lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
inhumation (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)