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bury



bury [bury buries buried burying] BrE [ˈberi] NAmE [ˈberi] verb (bur·ies, bury·ing, bur·ied, bur·ied)
 
 
DEAD PERSON
1. ~ sb/sth to place a dead body in a grave
He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
• (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
2. ~ sb (old-fashioned)to lose sb by death
She's 85 and has buried three husbands.  
 
HIDE IN GROUND
3. ~ sth to hide sth in the ground
buried treasure
The dog had buried its bone in the garden.  
 
COVER
4. often passive to cover sb/sth with soil, rocks, leaves, etc
~ sb/sth The house was buried under ten feet of snow.
~ sb/sth + adj. The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed.
5. ~ sth to cover sth so that it cannot be seen
Your letter got buried under a pile of papers.
He buried his face in his hands and wept.  
 
HIDE FEELING
6. ~ sth to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc
She had learnt to bury her feelings.  
 
PUT DEEPLY INTO STH
7. ~ sth (in sth) to put sth deeply into sth else
He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets.
She always has her head buried in a book.
more at bury/hide your head in the sand at head n.
Idioms:bury the hatchet bury your differences
Derived:bury yourself in something
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English byrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb ↑borrow and to ↑borough.

Thesaurus:
bury verb T
looking for buried treasure
She learned to bury her feelings.
hide • • cover • • disguise • • mask • |formal conceal
bury/hide/conceal sth under sth
bury/hide/disguise/mask/conceal your feelings

Example Bank:
He was buried up to his neck in sand.
The building was now buried under ten feet of soil.
The king is dead and lies buried at Jedburgh Abbey.
The waste is buried deep underground.
Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
Those people are now all dead and buried.
What secrets lie buried in the past?
a fallen tree trunk almost completely buried in the long grass
her deeply buried pain
We used to dig for hours, looking for buried treasure.

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