Buried Dead Bury ˈberi Ambitions Finally Extra Examples

• they killed her and buried her body.
• he was buried in highgate cemetery.
• their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
• she's 85 and has buried three husbands.

bury

Verb Forms

1. to place a dead body in the ground
• They killed her and buried her body.
• He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
• Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.

Extra Examples

• The king is dead and lies buried at Jedburgh Abbey.
• Those people are now all dead and buried.
2. to lose somebody by death
• She's 85 and has buried three husbands.
3. to hide something in the ground
• We used to dig for hours, looking for buried treasure.
• They plan to bury a time capsule containing work from every child in the school.
• The dog had buried its bone in the garden.
• The waste is buried deep underground.
4. to cover somebody/something with soil, rocks, leaves, etc.
• A landslide buried about 25 people yesterday.
• The house was buried under ten feet of snow.
• Another vehicle was found buried under rubble.
• The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed.

Extra Examples

• The building was now buried under ten feet of soil.
• He was buried up to his neck in sand.
• a fallen tree trunk almost completely buried in the long grass
5. to cover something so that it cannot be seen
• Your letter got buried under a pile of papers.
• He buried his face in his hands and wept.
6. to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc.
• She had learnt to bury her feelings.

Extra Examples

• her deeply buried pain
• What secrets lie buried in the past?
• Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
7. to put something deeply into something else
• He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets.
• She always has her head buried in a book.
8. to stop not being friendly and become friends again
• After not speaking to each other for years, the two brothers decided to bury the hatchet.
9. to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it
10. to give the most important point of a news story near the end instead of at the beginning
• Unfortunately, he buried the lede in the last paragraph of the story.

Word Origin

• Old English byrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb borrow and to borough.