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bury Definition

bury (ber′ē)

transitive verb bur′·ied, bur′y·ing

  1. to put (a dead body) into the earth, a tomb, or the sea, usually in a ceremonial manner; inter
    1. to hide (something) in the ground
    2. to cover up so as to conceal she buried her face in the pillow
  3. to put away, as from one's life, mind, etc. to bury a feud
  4. to put (oneself) deeply into; plunge; immerse to bury oneself in one's work

Etymology: ME birien < OE byrgan, akin to beorgan, to shelter < IE base *bhergh-, protect, preserve > Ger bergen, protect, Pol bróg, barn

Bury Definition

Bury (ber′ē)

city in Greater Manchester, NW England: county district pop. 177,000

bury Synonyms

bury

v.

  1. To inter

    inhume, lay in the grave, lay to rest, entomb, consign to dust, enshrine, ensepulcher, deposit in the earth, embalm, give burial to, hold funeral services for, hold (the) last rites for, lay out, mummify, put six feet under*.

    Antonyms exhume*, disinter, dig up.

  2. To cover

    hide, conceal, secrete, stow away; see hide 1.

  3. To occupy

    engross, immerse, engage, inundate; see occupy 3.

  4. To embed

    sink, implant, drive in; see embed 1, fasten 1.

  5. To defeat

    overcome, win over, beat, conquer; see defeat 1, 2, 3. See syn. study at hide.

bury Usage Examples

Object

  • hatchet: He added that he was delighted that members had agreed to bury the hatchet.
  • treasure: There was no treasure buried anywhere really, they kept trying to make her understand.
  • corpse: Mr Vampire Taoist master Chu ( Lam Ching-Ying ) is called upon by Mr Yam to deal with his father's improperly buried corpse.
  • archeology: This has, to some extent, protected buried archeology from physical damage apart from the unavoidable loss where the piles pass through it.
  • dead: No nation to mourn as they bury the dead.
  • pipe: But the rivalries are interrupted: in the exact place where Zöllner is buried, new pipes are to be laid.

Subject

  • eruption: Many of our passengers went to visit the excavations at these famous towns buried by the eruption of Mount Etna in 79 AD.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • alive: The first group asked, " What should we do if by chance we bury somebody alive?

Adjective complement

  • alive: Legend has it that these mark the graves of spies who were buried alive.
  • deep: There is a ' book thread ' buried deep in off topic.

Preposition: at

  • cemetery: Grave A hole in the ground where the body is buried at the cemetery.

Preposition: in

  • churchyard: Her husband John Rolfe is buried in the churchyard.
  • cemetery: He is buried in the Cemetery near to the location of the field hospital.
  • grave: Jones is buried in an unmarked grave in the nearby St Mary's churchyard.
  • graveyard: He died in 1758, and was buried in the classical graveyard of Greyfriars.
  • vault: He is buried in the vault of Hampton Church.
  • tomb: He died in 1633 and is buried in a splendid tomb opposite the Hospital in Holy Trinity Church.

Preposition: under

  • avalanche: Plug " hosting " into Google and prepare to be buried under an avalanche of hosting companies ready to sort you out.
  • rubble: Like thousands of American victims, he is buried under the rubble of the towers of the World Trade Center.

Preposition: by

  • eruption: Many of our passengers went to visit the excavations at these famous towns buried by the eruption of Mount Etna in 79 AD.
bury Quotes

She's the sort of woman†one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly, too!

—Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

If theTreasury were to fill old bottles with banknotes, bury themat suitable depthsindisusedcoalmineswhich are then filled up to the surface with town rubbish, and leave it to private enterprise on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again†there need be no more unemployment and, with the help of the repercussions, thereal income of the community, and its capital wealth also, would probably becomea good deal greater than it actually is. It would, indeed, be more sensible to build houses and the like; but as there are political and practical difficulties in the way of this, the above would be better than nothing.

—Keynes (of Tilton),John Maynard, 1st Baron

But still the great have kindness in reserve, He helped to bury whom he helped to starve.

—Pope, Alexander

It's now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.

—Moore,Jo

And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Whether you like it not, history is on our side.We will bury you.

—Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich

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