Meaning

1 senses
  1. To bury.

Examples

71 sentences
  1. I wonder who's buried in that tomb.

    Цікаво знати, хто похований в тій гробниці. — ChickenKiev

    ruИнтересно, кто похоронен в той могиле. — odexed

  2. When their leader died, they placed his body in a large tomb.

  3. Looters stole ancient artifacts from the tomb.

    Мародери вкрали стародавні артефакти з могили. — deniko

    ruМародеры украли древние артефакты из гробницы. — Lenin_1917

    dePlünderer stahlen alte Artefakte aus dem Grab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The archaeologist found the entrance to a tomb.

    Археолог знайшов вхiд до гробницi. — ElSwanko

    ruАрхеолог нашла вход в гробницу. — Wezel

    deDer Archäologe fand den Eingang zu einem Grab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The archaeologist found the entrance to the tomb.

    Археолог знайшов вхiд до гробницi. — ElSwanko

    ruАрхеолог обнаружил вход в гробницу. — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from A

From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Displaced native Old English þrūh.

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Forms

tombs, tombing, tombed, tombed
Base formtomb · to tomb
3rd person singulartombs
Present participletombing
Past simpletombed
Past participletombed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytomb
he, she, ittombs

Past simpleLesson

all personstombed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tomb

See also

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