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bury(verb)BrE / ˈberi / NAmE / ˈberi / - to place a dead body in a grave
- He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
- Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
- to lose somebody by death
- She's 85 and has buried three husbands.
- to hide something in the ground
- buried treasure
- The dog had buried its bone in the garden.
- to cover somebody/something with soil, rocks, leaves, etc.
- The house was buried under ten feet of snow.
- The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed.
- 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.
- to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc.
- She had learnt to bury her feelings.
- 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.
- to stop being unfriendly and become friends again
- After not speaking to each other for years, the two brothers decided to bury the hatchet.
- to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it
- 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.
Extra Examples- 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.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they bury
- he / she / it buries
- past simple buried
- past participle buried
- -ing form burying
Word Origin- Old English byrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb borrow and to borough.
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