Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To take out of the grave or tomb.

    выкапыватьvykapyvatʹ, эксгуми́роватьeksgumírovatʹ

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.

    откапыватьotkapyvatʹ, отрыва́тьotryvátʹ

More definitions
  • dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up:
To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view:

Origin

Borrowed from French désenterrer.

Borrowed from French désenterrer.

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Forms

disinters, disinterring, disinterred, disinterred
Base formdisinter · to disinter
3rd person singulardisinters
Present participledisinterring
Past simpledisinterred
Past participledisinterred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisinter
he, she, itdisinters

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisinterred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disinterred
he, she, ithas disinterred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disinter

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies:exhume

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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