exhume
verb /eksˈhjuːm/, /ɪɡˈzjuːm/
/ɪɡˈzuːm/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exhume | /eksˈhjuːm/, /ɪɡˈzjuːm/ /ɪɡˈzuːm/ |
| he / she / it exhumes | /eksˈhjuːmz/, /ɪɡˈzjuːmz/ /ɪɡˈzuːmz/ |
| past simple exhumed | /eksˈhjuːmd/, /ɪɡˈzjuːmd/ /ɪɡˈzuːmd/ |
| past participle exhumed | /eksˈhjuːmd/, /ɪɡˈzjuːmd/ /ɪɡˈzuːmd/ |
| -ing form exhuming | /eksˈhjuːmɪŋ/, /ɪɡˈzjuːmɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzuːmɪŋ/ |
- to remove a dead body from the ground especially in order to examine how the person died synonym dig up
- be exhumed The body was exhumed on the order of the judge.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExhume is used with these nouns as the object:- body
- remains
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin exhumare, from ex- ‘out of’ + humus ‘ground’.