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To take out of the grave or tomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unbury, exhume, dig up
Antonyms: inter
To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excavate, dig up, turn up
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- French dés- French enterrer French désenterrerbor. English disinter Borrowed from French désenterrer.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
изравям
(izravjam)
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Bulgarian:
ексхумирам
(ekshumiram)
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Catalan:
desenterrar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Finnish:
kaivaa ylös
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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French:
déterrer
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Galician:
desenterrar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Hawaiian:
huaʻi
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Ido:
dessepultar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Ido:
ekterigar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Irish:
dí-adhlaic
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Italian:
esumare
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Manx:
jee-oanluckey
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Māori:
huaki
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Māori:
hahu
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Māori:
ehu
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Portuguese:
desenterrar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Portuguese:
exumar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Romanian:
dezgropa
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Russian:
выкапывать
(vykapyvatʹ)
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Russian:
эксгуми́ровать
(eksgumírovatʹ)
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Spanish:
desenterrar
— To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up
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Armenian:
փորել
(pʻorel)
— To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view
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Finnish:
kaivaa esiin
— To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view
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Italian:
dissotterrare
— To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view
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Portuguese:
desenterrar
— To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view
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Russian:
откапывать
(otkapyvatʹ)
— To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view
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Russian:
отрыва́ть
(otryvátʹ)
— To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view