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bury
[ber-ee]
verb (used with object)
to put in the ground and cover with earth.
The pirates buried the chest on the island.
to put (a corpse) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony.
They buried the sailor with full military honors.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: ,to plunge in deeply; cause to sink in.
to bury an arrow in a target.
to cover in order to conceal from sight.
She buried the card in the deck.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:to immerse (oneself).
He buried himself in his work.
to put out of one's mind.
to bury an insult.
to consign to obscurity; cause to appear insignificant by assigning to an unimportant location, position, etc..
Her name was buried in small print at the end of the book.
noun
plural
buriesNautical.Ģżhousing.
bury
1/ Ė²śÉ°łÉŖ /
verb
to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter
to place in the earth and cover with soil
to lose through death
to cover from sight; hide
to embed; sink
to bury a nail in plaster
to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross
to be buried in a book
to dismiss from the mind; abandon
to bury old hatreds
to cease hostilities and become reconciled
to refuse to face a problem
Bury
2/ Ė²śÉ°łÉŖ /
noun
a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop: 60Ģż178 (2001)
a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 181Ģż900 (2003 est). Area: 99 sq km (38 sq miles)
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- rebury verb (used with object)
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of bury1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of bury1
Idioms and Phrases
bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited.
bury one's head in the sand, to avoid reality; ignore the facts of a situation.
You cannot continue to bury your head in the sandāyou must learn to face facts.
Example Sentences
Last May, six months after he died, the Penguin was brought back to his village to be buried.
"With just a few hours left, we are now trying to decide what will it be: will we bury him here, or in the UK, where his wife's family lives," he said.
There will be many more potential targets on Israel's hitlist, although some may be beyond its reach, buried deep underground in reinforced bases beneath solid rock.
āOur Joeās toxicity began in a way that was more buried, more covert. And as the series and our culture has progressed, itās gotten more pronounced.ā
The parents of an 11-year-old girl who drowned at an aqua park have called for tighter regulations so other families do not have to "bury their children".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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