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# exhume

verb (exhumes, exhumed, exhuming)

«exhume» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhume/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales of the dead who rise again, a grave is opened and the body is dug up and looked at

### Examples

- The police exhumed the coffin to check the evidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhume/#x1)
- In the story the grave was opened and the body was exhumed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhume/#x2)
- Archaeologists exhume old bones with great care. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhume/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exhume» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhume/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exhume» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exhume.html) on Mova free.