exhume

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɛks.ˈ(h)juːm/ or /ɪɡ.ˈzjuːm/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɛkˈ.s(j)um/ or /ɪɡˈz(j)um/

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Verb

Plain form exhume

Third-person singular exhumes

Past tense exhumed

Past participle exhumed

Present participle exhuming

1. (transitive) If you exhume a grave, you dig it out from the ground.