DISINTER (disinterred, disinterring)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: disinterred    , disinterring   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does disinter mean? 

• DISINTER (verb)
  The verb DISINTER has 1 sense:

1. dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

  Familiarity information: DISINTER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISINTER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disinter    ... he / she / it disinters   
Past simple: disinterred   
Past participle: disinterred   
-ing form: disinterring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

disinter; exhume

Hypernyms (to "disinter" is one way to...):

dig up; excavate; turn up (find by digging in the ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

disinterment (the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried)

 Context examples 

Poole disinterred the axe from under a stack of packing straw; the candle was set upon the nearest table to light them to the attack; and they drew near with bated breath to where that patient foot was still going up and down, up and down, in the quiet of the night.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)