| Level | B1 |
|---|---|
| Kind | verb |
| Front | bury |
| IPA | /ˈberi / verb [transitive] (present participle burying; 3rd person singular buries; past tense, past participle buried) |
| Back | defnetmek |
| Back 2 | bury (verb) /ˈberi
/ verb [transitive] (present participle burying; 3rd
person singular buries; past tense, past participle buried)
1 to
put a dead body in the ground
defnetmek
She
wants to be buried in the village graveyard.
2 to put sth in a hole in the ground and
cover it
gömmek
Our
dog always buries its bones in the garden.
People
say there's buried treasure somewhere on the island!
3 [usually
passive]
to cover or hide sth/sb
gizlenmek;
(toprak
vb.) altında kalmak
After
the earthquake, hundreds of people were buried under the rubble.
At
last I found the photograph, buried at the bottom of a drawer.
(figurative) Aisha was buried (gömülmüştü) in a book and didn't hear us
come in.
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