dead and buried
Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.
buried
UK /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ US /ˈbɛ.ɹid/
adj 2
Definitions
adj
1
Placed in a grave at a burial.
2
Concealed, hidden.
Collocations
4ADJ.
alive, lay, short, under
They found the old treasure chest buried under the floorboards of the abandoned house.
VERB + BURIED
hole, looking, pirates, time, wish, wonder
The pirates buried their treasure in a secret location on the island.
BURIED + NOUN
area, arlington, cemetery, centuries, country, dog, food, hatchet
My grandfather was buried in the cemetery near our family home.
PREP.
in, in
The archaeologists found ancient pottery buried in the sand beneath the old temple.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — placed in a grave
- inhumed
- interred
Antonyms
- unburied
Idioms & Phrases
buried treasure
Something valuable that is concealed for a long time and then rediscovered.
Hastings draws on her own experience of overcoming writing blocks as a college student to support her belief that anyone can learn to write well. "The trick is to find buried treas
dead 'n' buried
Contraction of dead and buried.
know where the bodies are buried
To possess confidential and incriminating information about a person's or organization's misdeeds or other secrets.
Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in t
Example Bank
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I buried my dog at the pet cemetery.
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The pirates buried their treasure in the ground.
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We were looking for buried treasure.
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The church we went past crumbled five minutes later due to a huge earthquake, and more than a hundred churchgoers were buried alive.
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At one time we were enemies, but we've buried the hatchet and we are now on friendly terms with each other.
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The treasure is still in the forest, where it is buried under a tree.
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