"entomb" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtuːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-entomb.wav [Southern-England] Forms: entombs [present, singular, third-person], entombing [participle, present], entombed [participle, past], entombed [past]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Old French entomber (“deposit in a tomb”). Equivalent to en- + tomb. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|entomber||deposit in a tomb}} Old French entomber (“deposit in a tomb”), {{pre|en|en|tomb}} en- + tomb Head templates: {{en-verb}} entomb (third-person singular simple present entombs, present participle entombing, simple past and past participle entombed)
  1. (transitive) To deposit in a tomb. Tags: transitive Translations (to deposit in a tomb): 埋葬 (máizàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 入土 (rùtǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), entombigi (Esperanto), haudata (Finnish), entomber (French), tumulō (Latin), sepultar (Portuguese), погреба́ть (pogrebátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), погрести́ (pogrestí) [perfective] (Russian), хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), похорони́ть (poxoronítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), enterrar (Spanish), begrava (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-entomb-en-verb-Gcd46xjT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to deposit in a tomb': 96 4
  2. (figurative, transitive) To confine in restrictive surroundings. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-entomb-en-verb-4U8Kd0ZG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intomb [obsolete] Derived forms: entomber, entombment

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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