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en·tomb

(ĕn-to͞om′)

tr.v. en·tombed, en·tomb·ing, en·tombs

1. To place in or as if in a tomb or grave.

2. To serve as a tomb for.

en·tomb′ment n.

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entomb

(ɪnˈtuːm)

vb (tr)

1. to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter

2. to serve as a tomb for

enˈtombment n

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en•tomb

(ɛnˈtum)

v.t.

1. to place in or as if in a tomb; bury.

2. to serve as a tomb for.

[1425–75; < Middle French entomber]

en•tomb′ment, n.

entomb

Past participle: entombed
Gerund: entombing

Imperative
entomb
entomb

Present
I entomb
you entomb
he/she/it entombs
we entomb
you entomb
they entomb

Preterite
I entombed
you entombed
he/she/it entombed
we entombed
you entombed
they entombed

Present Continuous
I am entombing
you are entombing
he/she/it is entombing
we are entombing
you are entombing
they are entombing

Present Perfect
I have entombed
you have entombed
he/she/it has entombed
we have entombed
you have entombed
they have entombed

Past Continuous
I was entombing
you were entombing
he/she/it was entombing
we were entombing
you were entombing
they were entombing

Past Perfect
I had entombed
you had entombed
he/she/it had entombed
we had entombed
you had entombed
they had entombed

Future
I will entomb
you will entomb
he/she/it will entomb
we will entomb
you will entomb
they will entomb

Future Perfect
I will have entombed
you will have entombed
he/she/it will have entombed
we will have entombed
you will have entombed
they will have entombed

Future Continuous
I will be entombing
you will be entombing
he/she/it will be entombing
we will be entombing
you will be entombing
they will be entombing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been entombing
you have been entombing
he/she/it has been entombing
we have been entombing
you have been entombing
they have been entombing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been entombing
you will have been entombing
he/she/it will have been entombing
we will have been entombing
you will have been entombing
they will have been entombing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been entombing
you had been entombing
he/she/it had been entombing
we had been entombing
you had been entombing
they had been entombing

Conditional
I would entomb
you would entomb
he/she/it would entomb
we would entomb
you would entomb
they would entomb

Past Conditional
I would have entombed
you would have entombed
he/she/it would have entombed
we would have entombed
you would have entombed
they would have entombed

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Verb

entomb - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury

lay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

entomb

verb bury, inter, lay to rest, sepulchre, place in a tomb, inhume, inurn He was entombed here in this crypt alongside his predecessors.

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entomb

verb

To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave:

bury, inhume, inter, lay.

Idiom: lay to rest.

Translations

seppellire

entomb

[ɪnˈtuːm] VT (liter) → sepultar

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entomb

vt → beisetzen, bestatten; the mausoleum which entombs his body → das Mausoleum, in dem er beigesetzt ist

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