(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something is ~ed, it is buried or permanently trapped by something. (FORMAL)
The city was ~ed in volcanic lava...
The Tel, an artificial mountain, ~s Jericho’s ancient past.
VERB: be V-ed in n, V n, also V n in n
2.
When a person’s dead body is ~ed, it is buried in a grave or put into a tomb. (FORMAL)
Neither of them had any idea how long the body had been ~ed.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed