INHUME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inhume mean? 

• INHUME (verb)
  The verb INHUME has 1 sense:

1. place in a grave or tomb

  Familiarity information: INHUME used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INHUME (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inhume    ... he / she / it inhumes   
Past simple: inhumed   
Past participle: inhumed   
-ing form: inhuming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place in a grave or tomb

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bury; entomb; inhume; inter; lay to rest

Context example:

My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

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)