BURY ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND

Meaning of BURY ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND in English

ignore unpleasant realities.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BURY ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND — See: HIDE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND.
Slang English vocab
BURY ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND — See: HIDE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND.
Словарь английских идиом
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
BURY — [bury] vt bur.ied ; bury.ing [ME burien, fr. OE byrgan; akin to OHG bergan to shelter, Russ berech' to spare] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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
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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
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
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
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
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 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURY — ( buries, burying, buried) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To bury …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gravel/sand/chalk pit sand bar sand dune sand fly COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE coarse …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BURY — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES buried/hidden/sunken treasure bury sb in a grave (= put someone in a grave ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAND — (SMALL GRAINS) [noun] [U] - (a mass of) very small grains which used to be rock and which form deserts …
Cambridge English vocab
BURY — [verb] [T] - to put (a dead body) into the ground, or to put (something) into a hole in the …
Cambridge English vocab
SAND — n. black sand Great Sand Dunes National Monument Sand Creek Massacre sand dollar sand dune sand flea sand fly sand …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
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