bury

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/ˈbɛɹ.i/

verb 5name 5noun 2

Collocations

(verb.) dead person

PHRASES

be dead and buried

After the scandal, his political career was dead and buried.

bury sb alive

(verb.) hide in the ground

ADV

deep

underground

The old pipeline was buried deep underground to protect it from damage.

(verb.) cover

ADV

completely

The old wooden chest was completely buried under boxes in the basement for years.

PHRASES

be buried alive

If the building falls during the earthquake, people could be buried alive under the rubble.

be/get buried beneath/under sth

My keys got buried under a stack of magazines on the kitchen table.

(verb.) put sth deeply into sth

ADV

deep/deeply

The old photograph was buried deep in a drawer at the back of her closet.

PHRASES

lie/remain buried

Ancient coins remain buried beneath the old garden, waiting to be discovered.

Definitions

verb

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

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

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.

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.

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

vocals buried in the mix

noun

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

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — dismiss from the mind

forget

verb — embed deeply

sink

verb — enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

verb — place in a grave or tomb

entomb
inhume
inter

Antonyms

remember

Idioms & Phrases

bury the hatchet

To cease fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.

They need to calm down and bury the hatchet before someone gets hurt.

bury the lede

To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.

The news account started by recounting details of the candidate's appearance and buried the lede by not mentioning his new call for tax reform until the 19th paragraph.

bury one's head in the sand

To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.

Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse to face fa

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

bury a bone; bury the embers

Wiktionary

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

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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.

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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.

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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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Usage Notes

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