bury

UK /ˈbɛɹ.i/ US /ˈbɛɹ.i/
verb 5name 5noun 2

Definitions

verb

1

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

2

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!

3

To place in the ground.

bury a bone; bury the embers

Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree.

4

To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.

The splinter has buried itself under the nail.

5

To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

vocals buried in the mix

noun

1

A burrow.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.

The conies had hundreds of buries under these trees, so close together that the problem was not to find a rabbit, but to find a rabbit far enough away from its hole.

noun

1

A borough; a manor

Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury, Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic

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