Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense exhumes, present participle exhuming, past tense, past participle exhumed
VERB [usually passive](尤指为查明死因而)挖出,掘出(尸体) If a dead person's body is exhumed, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died. (尤指为查明死因而)挖出,掘出(尸体) [formal]
His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens, New York City. [beVERB-ed]