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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.
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- 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.
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- 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
- Nautical. housing 1( def 8a, 8b ).
bury
1/ ˈɛɪ /
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
- bury the hatchetto cease hostilities and become reconciled
- bury one's head in the sandto refuse to face a problem
Bury
2/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
- a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop: 60 178 (2001)
- a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 181 900 (2003 est). Area: 99 sq km (38 sq miles)
Other Word Forms
- ·ܰ· verb (used with object) reburied reburying
Word History and Origins
Origin of bury1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bury1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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 sand—you must learn to face facts.
- bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited.
Example Sentences
“The motivations are clearly to privilege fossil fuel interests over the interests of the public. This report is entirely in the public interest, and they’re just trying to bury the facts.”
Their bodies were found buried in shallow graves a week later next to the crushed vehicles.
Exhaustively researched, gorgeously crafted and presciently timed, “The Lilac People” exhumes a buried history that could leave us mourning our lost democracy if we don’t learn from, and act on, its tragic lessons.
An independent report has concluded burying electricity cables underground or out at sea is far more expensive than using overhead lines.
Mr Ayau said that the remains would again be buried in Hawaii.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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