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untombed

untombed is the simple past and past participle of untomb.

Meaning of untomb

Verb

untomb (third-person singular simple present untombs, present participle untombing, simple past and past participle untombed)

  1. (transitive) To take (something, especially a body) from a tomb.
    • [P]erchance the Turks are minded as John King of England was, who being wiſhed by a Courtier to untombe the bones of one who whileſt he was living had been his great enemy, Oh no, ſaid King John, would all mine enemies were as honourably buried.1639, Thomas Fuller, “Godfreys Death and Buriall”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John...
  2. to reveal (something hidden)

Adjective

untombed (comparative more untombed, superlative most untombed)

  1. Having never been placed in a tomb, or having been removed from it.

Forms of untombed

comparativemore untombed
superlativemost untombed

Questions about untombed

What does untombed mean?
Untombed means having never been placed in a tomb, or having been removed from it.
What is untombed the simple past and past participle of?
Untombed is the simple past and past participle of untomb.
What part of speech is untombed?
Untombed is an adjective.

Words near untombed in the dictionary

  1. untolerated
  2. untolerised
  3. untolerized
  4. untolled
  5. untomb
  6. untombed
  7. untombing
  8. untomboyish
  9. untombs
  10. untoned
  11. untongue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untombed (page history and authors); untomb (page history and authors). 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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