(buries, ~ing, buried)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
They make the charcoal by ~ing wood in the ground and then slowly burning it.
...squirrels who ~ nuts and seeds.
...buried treasure.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n, V-ed
2.
To ~ a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth.
...soldiers who helped to ~ the dead in large communal graves...
I was horrified that people would think I was dead and ~ me alive...
More than 9,000 men lie buried here.
VERB: V n, V n adj, V-ed
3.
If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died.
He had buried his wife some two years before he retired.
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it.
I was looking for my handbag, which was buried under a pile of old newspapers.
VERB: V n prep/adv
5.
If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way.
Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages...
He was buried under the debris for several hours.
VERB: V n, V-ed
6.
If you ~ your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy.
She buried her face in the pillows...
= hide
VERB: V n prep/adv
7.
If something buries itself somewhere, or if you ~ it there, it is pushed very deeply in there.
The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside...
He stood on the sidewalk with his hands buried in the pockets of his dark overcoat.
VERB: V pron-refl prep/adv, V-ed, also V n prep/adv
8.
to ~ the hatchet: see hatchet