inter — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To bury in a grave.

   Sinonimi

   buryinearthentombinhume

   Contrari

   dig updisentombdisinterexhumeunearth

   Esempi

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   The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.

2. To confine, as in a prison.

Verbo

1. place in a grave or tomb

   Sinonimi

   buryentombinhumelay to rest

   Termini più generali

   layput downrepose

   Esempi

   Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square

   The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids

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   My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday