bur ‧ y W3 /ˈberi/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle buried , present participle burying , third person singular buries ) [transitive]
[ Word Family: verb : ↑ bury ; noun : ↑ burial ; adjective : buried]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: byrgan ]
1 . DEAD PERSON to put someone who has died in a ↑ grave
bury somebody in/at etc something
He was buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s.
2 . OBJECT to put something under the ground, often in order to hide it:
Electric cables are buried beneath the streets.
3 . FALL ON SOMETHING [usually passive] to fall on top of someone or something, usually harming or destroying them
be buried under/beneath etc something
The skiers were buried under the snow.
Fifty-seven miners were buried alive.
4 . HIDDEN [usually passive] to cover something so that it cannot be found:
His glasses were buried under a pile of papers.
5 . FEELING/MEMORY to ignore a feeling or memory and pretend that it does not exist:
a deeply buried memory
6 . bury your face/head etc (in something) to press your face etc into something soft:
Noel buried his face in the pillow.
7 . bury your face/head in your hands to cover your face with your hands because you are very upset
8 . bury your head in the sand to ignore an unpleasant situation and hope it will stop if you do not think about it
9 . bury the hatchet/bury your differences to agree to stop arguing about something and become friends
10 . IN A SURFACE to push something, especially something sharp, into something else with a lot of force
bury something in something
The dog buried its teeth in my leg.
The bullet buried itself in the wall.
11 . bury yourself in your work/studies etc to give all your attention to something:
After the divorce, she buried herself in her work.
12 . INFORMATION to put information in a document in a place where it is unlikely to be noticed, or to not make it available to people:
The story was buried at the back of the paper.
13 . LOVED ONE literary to have someone you love die:
She had buried her husband, two sons, and a daughter.
⇨ be dead and buried at ↑ dead 1 (14)