bury

Definition of bury in English English dictionary: To place in the ground. "bury a bone"; This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}; To put an end to; to abandon. "They buried their argument and shook hands"; To ritualistically inter a corpse in a grave or tomb. (see burial); 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.; To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth - "she buried her face in the pillow", "buried the secret deep inside"; {n} a dwelling-place; as Alderman-bury; {v} to inter, as ina grave, to hide or lose in surrounding matter, to retire to solitude; embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"; If you bury something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it. I was looking for my handbag, which was buried under a pile of old newspapers; place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday; To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it. squirrels who bury nuts and seeds. buried treasure; place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday; Edmond's A manor house; a castle; If you bury your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy. She buried her face in the pillows = hide; place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"; 1 To attempt to defame someone or to criticize him 2 To lower someone in the eyes of the fans or promoter; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"; Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume; If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way. Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages He was buried under the debris for several hours; to bury the hatchet: see hatchet; If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died. He had buried his wife some two years before he retired; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands; To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife; v to put into the ground and cover with earth; To discard a card Used in Magic: the Gathering and the Apprentice program; If something buries itself somewhere, or if you bury it there, it is pushed very deeply in there. The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside He stood on the sidewalk with his hands buried in the pockets of his dark overcoat; To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc; dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"; To sink a shot cleanly, as in, "She really buried that jumper "; Sink (a shot), as in "bury a jumper "; To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth. soldiers who helped to bury the dead in large communal graves I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive More than 9,000 men lie buried here; {f} inter, put in the ground and cover with dirt; A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St; put in the ground and cover, as in: If we bury the treasure no one will find it; cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"; Sink (a shot), as in "bury a jumper"; As a booker, to lower a wrestler's credibility by having them lose several matches; {f} yird
bury one's head in the sand: To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation
bury the hatchet: To stop 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 lead: To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts
bury the lede: To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts
While she is a very good news writer, she often buries the lede.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: a book by Dee Brown which tells the story of the American West in a way that is sympathetic to the Native Americans
bury alive: immerse one in the ground while one's still alive
bury oneself in books: read intensely, read often
bury the hatchet: make up, end hostilities
-bury: A placename suffix indicating a fortified place
buried: Simple past tense and past participle of bury
buried: Concealed, hidden
to bury: {v} sepulcher
To bury: ingrave
To bury: earth
buri: Tall palm tree with large broad leaves found in the Philippines From a distance, looks like a coconut tree Leaves are used in basketry; seeds are used to decorate jewelry
buri: adult yellowtail While Hamachi refers to the younger yellowtail, Buri are the older ones
buri: Yellowtail Hamachi is young yellowtails and Buri are the older ones
buri: Adult yellowfin tuna
buried: The lie of a ball, typically in a sand bunker, in which most of it is below the surface See also "Fried Egg "
buried: Indicates the pipeline has been laid in a trench and then covered or backfilled
buried: There are 3 cards in the kitty which are not shown and are not in play for each hand These cards are referred to as buried
buried: Cables that are required to go underground
buried: placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses"
buried: A dealer-to-dealer term to describe a hopelessly over priced rare coin purchase
buried: {s} interred, placed in the ground and covered with earth
buried: A buried pair is a pair in the hole in seven card stud - a pair in the first two down cards Buried kings are kings in the hole, buried aces are aces in the hole, etc
buried: Sent to Graveyard without chance of regeneration
buried: Placed in a grave at a burial
buried: covered from view; "her face buried (or hidden) in her hands"; "a secret buried deep within herself
buried: covered from view; "her face buried (or hidden) in her hands"; "a secret buried deep within herself"
buried: Gerund and present participle of verb to bury
buried: bu
buried: bur
buried: {s} interred
buries: third-person singular of bury
burying: present participle of bury
burying: concealing something under the ground

bury

Hyphenation

bu·ry

Turkish pronunciation

beri

Synonyms

consign to grave, cover up, deposit, embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hold last rites for, hold services for, inearth, inhume, inter, inurn, lay out, mummify

Antonyms

dig out, disinter, uncover, reveal

Pronunciation

/ˈberē/ /ˈbɛriː/

Etymology

[ ber-E also b&r- ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijanan (cf. Old Norse byrgja ‘to close’), from *berganan ‘to protect, shelter’ (cf. Old English beorgan, West Frisian bergje ‘to keep’, Dutch/German bergen ‘to hide’), from Proto-Indo-European *bherg̑h, *bhr̥g̑h (cf. Lithuanian (Eastern) bir̃ginti ‘to save, spare’, Polish bróg ‘barn’, Russian беречь (bereč') ‘to spare’).