BURY


Meaning of BURY in English

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose by death (has buried three husbands). 3 a put under ground (bury alive). b hide (treasure, a bone, etc.) in the earth. c cover up; submerge. 4 a put out of sight (buried his face in his hands). b consign to obscurity (the idea was buried after brief discussion). c put away; forget. 5 involve deeply (buried himself in his work; was buried in a book). bury the hatchet cease to quarrel. burying-beetle a sexton beetle. burying-ground (or -place) a cemetery.

[ OE byrgan f. WG: cf. BURIAL ]

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