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inhume

/ɪnˈhjuːm/

inhume verb: to bury in a grave.

Verb

inhume (third-person singular simple present inhumes, present participle inhuming, simple past and past participle inhumed)

  1. (transitive) To bury in a grave.
    Synonyms:
    bury, entomb, inter

inhume meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

inhume in Tamil

புதை

inhume in Urdu

دفن کرنا, گاڑنا, مدفون کرنا, مٹی دینا

inhume in Bengali

একটি কবরে সমাহিত করা

inhume in Malayalam

lay to rest, bury, inter
ശവമടക്കുക, ശവം മറവു ചെയ്ക, ശവം മണ്ണിൽ കുഴിച്ചിടുക, ശവംഅടക്കംചെയ്യുക, ശവദാഹം നടത്തുക, കുഴിച്ചുമൂടുക

Synonyms of inhume

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All synonyms and antonyms of inhume

Forms of inhume

third-person singular presentinhumes
present participleinhuming
past participleinhumed
pastinhumed

Origin of inhume

Latin in and humō (“to bury”).

Words formed from inhume

Questions about inhume

What does inhume mean?
Inhume means to bury in a grave.
What is inhume in Tamil?
Inhume in Tamil is புதை. See Inhume meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inhume?
Inhume is a verb.
How do you pronounce inhume?
Inhume is pronounced /ɪnˈhjuːm/.
What is the past tense of inhume?
The past tense of inhume is inhumed.

Words near inhume in the dictionary

  1. inhumation
  2. inhumationist
  3. inhumationists
  4. inhumations
  5. inhumatory
  6. inhume
  7. inhumed
  8. inhumer
  9. inhumers
  10. inhumes
  11. inhuming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhume (page history and authors); inhume (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhume (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhume (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhume (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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