BURY (HIDE) ONE`S HEAD IN THE SAND

Meaning of BURY (HIDE) ONE`S HEAD IN THE SAND in English

refuse to see or face something, keep from seeing or knowing something unpleasant He always buries his head in the sand and never wants to deal with his family problems at all.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAND — I Mineral, rock, or soil particles that are 0. 0008–0.08 in. (0.02–2 mm) in diameter. Most rock-forming minerals are found …
Английский словарь Британика
SAND — I. ˈsand, ˈsaa(ə)nd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sond, sand, from Old English; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIDE — I. ˈhīd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hyde, from Old English hīgid, hīd; akin to Old English hīwan …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURY — I. ˈberē, -ri verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English berien, burien, from Old English byrgan; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURY — (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
Английский словарь Webster
BURY — (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; …
Английский словарь Webster
BURY — (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
Английский словарь Webster
BURY — ( v. t. ) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURY — ( v. t. ) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURY — ( n. ) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAND — — sandable , adj. — sandless , adj. — sandlike , adj. /sand/ , n. 1. the more or less …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIDE — hide 1 — hidable , adj. — hidability , n. — hider , n. /huyd/ , v. , hid, hidden …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURY — /ber"ee/ , v. , buried, burying , n. , pl. buries . v.t. 1. to put in the ground and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAND — I. ˈsand noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sant sand, Latin sabulum, Greek psammos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIDE — I. ˈhīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hīgid, hīd Date: before 12th century : any of various old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BURY — ˈbər- transitive verb ( bur·ied ; bury·ing ) Etymology: Middle English burien, from Old English byrgan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAND — noun courage; pluck; grit. 2. sand ·vt to drive upon the sand. 3. sand ·noun a single particle of such …
Webster English vocab
HIDE — noun an abode or dwelling. 2. hide ·noun the human skin; so called in contempt. 3. hide ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
BURY — noun a manor house; a castle. 2. bury ·noun a borough; a manor; as, the bury of st. edmond's. 3. …
Webster English vocab
SAND — [sand] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG sant sand, L sabulum, Gk psammos] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a loose …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIDE — [hide] n [ME, fr. OE higid, hid] (bef. 12c): any of various old English units of land area; esp: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BURY — [bury] vt bur.ied ; bury.ing [ME burien, fr. OE byrgan; akin to OHG bergan to shelter, Russ berech' to spare] …
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HIDE — the pelt taken from a cow, steer, or bull of the bovine species, from the pelt of a horse, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
BURY — town and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of Lancashire, England. The River Irwell flows through the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAND — sand BrE AmE sænd ▷ sanded ˈsænd ɪd -əd ▷ sanding ˈsænd ɪŋ ▷ sands sændz ▶ ˈ sand ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BURY — Bury BrE AmE ˈber i —As a family name, also ˈbjʊər i ‖ ˈbjʊr i ▶ ˌ Bury St ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BURY — bury BrE AmE ˈber i (! = berry) ▷ buried ˈber id ▷ buries ˈber iz ▷ burying ˈber i‿ɪŋ
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SAND — / sænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a substance that consists of very small …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIDE — / haɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hid / hɪd; NAmE / hid·den / ˈhɪdn; NAmE /) …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURY — / ˈberi; NAmE / verb ( bur·ies , bury·ing , bur·ied , bur·ied ) DEAD PERSON 1. [ vn ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAND — I. sand 1 S3 W3 /sænd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [uncountable] a substance consisting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BURY — bur ‧ y W3 /ˈberi/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle buried , present participle burying , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAND — n. & v. --n. 1 a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. the human skin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIDE — v. & n. --v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1 tr. put or keep out of sight …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BURY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAND — n. & v. n. 1 a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIDE — n. & v. n. 1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. the human skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIDE — v. & n. v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1 tr. put or keep out of sight …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAND — n. & v. --n. 1. a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HIDE — 1. v. & n. --v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1. tr. put or keep out of …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
BURY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1. place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose …
Oxford English vocab
SAND — ( sands, sanding, sanded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Sand is …
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