 bury |
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| 1. | [ verb ] cover from sight | |
| Examples: | "Afghani women buried under their burkas" |
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| Related terms: | hide | |
| 2. | [ verb ] place in a grave or tomb | |
| Synonyms: | lay_to_rest entomb inter inhume | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | lay burial | |
| 3. | [ verb ] place in the earth and cover with soil | |
| Examples: | "They buried the stolen goods" |
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| Related terms: | situate deposit cover | |
| 4. | [ verb ] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | |
| Synonyms: | swallow_up swallow engross eat_up immerse | |
| Examples: | "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
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| Related terms: | enclose | |
| 5. | [ verb ] embed deeply | |
| Synonyms: | sink | |
| Examples: | "She sank her fingers into the soft sand" "He buried his head in her lap" |
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| Related terms: | implant set | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14388 | |
| 7. | [ verb ] dismiss from the mind; stop remembering | |
| Synonyms: | forget | |
| Examples: | "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories" |
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| Related terms: | remember suppress unlearn | |
| Similar spelling: |
burry bur burr Buhr buyer burro burrow Buri Bura |
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