SuaviloquyToday’s word

exhume

Exhume, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.]

Etymology: [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.]

To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists exhume only as an antonym, under hide.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given

Antonyms