inter

Place in ground

Inter means to bury a dead body, typically with ceremony: The remains were interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

The word is formal and appears most often in official or solemn contexts—funeral announcements, legal documents, news reports of state funerals.

The opposite is disinter, to dig up what was buried.

bury

earth

Soil or electrical grounding

cemetery · graveyard · burial · coffin · grave · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · inhume · shroud

weave

entwine

Wind around each other

plait · weave · lace · mesh · knot · entangle · interweave · crisscross · lattice · wicker

interrupt

break

Interrupt continuity

disturb · intrude · cut off · obstruct · butt in · pause · disruption · interjection · intercept · heckle

secrete

gland

Secreting body organ

saliva · mucus · enzyme · insulin · adrenaline · cortisol · sebum · serotonin · dopamine · melatonin

Categories
Opposites
burial vs. retrieval

interexhume

Unbury the dead

disinter · unearth · dig up · excavate · expose

burial vs. alternative disposal

intercremate

Burn a corpse

incinerate · burn · scatter · embalm

concealment vs. exposure

interexpose

Make known publicly

reveal · uncover · disclose · display · exhibit

Phrases
Family

interest, internet, internal, intervene, interfere, interact, interruption, international, intermediate

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G