verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
buried/hidden/sunken treasure
bury sb in a grave (= put someone in a grave )
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She was buried in a grave next to her older sister.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deep
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These often have many icons buried deep inside.
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If volatiles are acquired during accretion then most of the volatiles are initially buried deep in the planet.
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It was soon ablaze, with the empty tin and rubber gloves buried deep in its midst.
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The kitchens were buried deep in the structure, far from any outside wall.
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Archaeologists found it in a boat-shaped tomb 29m long, made out of mud bricks and buried deep in the sand.
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After 50 years the waste will probably be buried deep underground.
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He wanted to drown himself in her, to bury deep into the cells of her skin and to forget himself there.
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Then it was done and the old man slumped forward, the knife buried deep in his chest.
here
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Robert Browne - founder of the Congregational Church - is buried here .
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They left Sakhalin with only one hope: to find their relatives and have their bones buried here .
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There is a plaque on the wall to recall that all the Brokof family of sculptors are buried here .
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This man was buried here in the fourth century.
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Sorrow was buried here , at the cost of a shilling and a pint of beer for the gravedigger.
there
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He died in Bristol 24 September 1939 and is buried there .
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According to a different version, Hsu Fu ended his days at Shingu and was buried there .
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He came from Sheerness ... buried there ... I'd got him, you know?
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He wants to be buried there .
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She scraped the earth back and saw something very dark blue - china or glass, buried there .
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All my family except Anne are buried there .
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Sarah Helen was buried there 76 years ago, but today the locals are afraid she is coming back to terrorise them.
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It was also claimed that his body, after his death, was brought from Jerusalem to Santiago and buried there .
■ NOUN
body
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George decided to bury the girl's body in the gravel.
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He buried the bodies in one grave with a single wooden cross as a marker; then notified the Commonwealth.
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The refugees, having buried his body , are forced to move on.
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She, her husband, and his brother were caught burying the bodies of Christians.
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The arteries, much more rigid than veins and buried deeper in the body , are unaffected.
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Steve has not been the same man since he whacked Saskia with an ashtray and buried her body in Epping Forest.
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He was caught in the end, trying to bury one of the bodies in the cemetery, in a fresh grave.
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During the night he buried the body in the small back garden behind the shop.
cemetery
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All the crew are buried at Stonefall cemetery , alongside many of their fellow countrymen.
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Founded in 1979, the young community has only three other people buried in its cemetery .
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But why weren't they buried in the cemetery after they were shot?
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Another daughter, Elizabeth, died of fever at age two in 1764 and was buried in the Negro cemetery alongside Nina.
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He will be buried at City Cemetery .
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Nikulin was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery , alongside leading officials and artists.
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Many of those who died at Moreton in Marsh are buried in the local cemetery .
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The parklike preserve also is the site of a tiny cemetery where members of the Bridges family and several Yahgans are buried .
church
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Trelawney himself is buried in Pelynt Church and the crozier carried in his funeral procession is also there on view.
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It was my job to bury her in the church .
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He was buried at the church of St Medard in Soissons.
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He died 14 June 1835 and was buried in Dedham parish church , where there is a mural tablet to his memory.
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May died 21 February 1684 and was buried in Mid Lavant church .
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He died in 1792 and was buried in the church which he had built at Cromford.
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To our surprise, she was not buried in the church with the Lintons, nor with the Earnshaws.
churchyard
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They buried him in the churchyard here.
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A few days later, George was buried in a Bergen churchyard .
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Did I deserve to die, and be buried in the churchyard like my uncle Reed?
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Owen was buried in the churchyard at Newtown, and there is a statue of him in the town's memorial park.
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He was buried in Greyfriars Churchyard .
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He died 12 March 1898 and was buried at Farnworth churchyard .
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She was buried in the local churchyard .
difference
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In recent weeks the two groups had buried their differences to stage joint armed protests across the country.
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We must bury our differences and work together.
face
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Then she struggled up, burying her face in his hand and her own.
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In her bedroom she buried her face in the pillow while numerous sobs escaped her, shaking her slim body uncontrollably.
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Suddenly he raced across the stage and buried his face behind the curtain.
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With a sob, Theda flung her arms about his neck and buried her face in his shoulder.
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I turned over and buried my face in the grass.
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Sam Somerville screamed once, buried her face in Quinn's back and began to cry.
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With a choked sob she brought the bear closer until she had buried her face in it.
family
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In this case, Madeline Usher has been buried in the family vault below the house, supposedly dead.
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Farm families usually bury their dead in family plots on their own land.
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He is the first person to be buried in this family plot, which he has bought.
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Blanche Arbuthnot was buried in the family plot at Naas.
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He was buried in the family vault in St Peter's-in-the-East churchyard, Oxford.
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Charles Longuet Higgins died in 1885 and was buried in the family vault at Turvey.
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But his father wants them buried in a family plot in Santa Inez.
father
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Next week she will bury her father in that uniform.
grave
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Village residents stated that at least 100 people had been murdered and buried in mass graves in the area.
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They then buried him in a grave that Phocas had prepared for himself during the night.
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Those corpses, the ones he had buried in their makeshift grave under the old elm tree who were they?
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Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in a grove two days after she was last seen with Thompson.
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They were buried in mass graves , the corpses piled one on top of the other under a few inches of soil.
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Hundreds of people were killed and buried in shallow graves beside the road.
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But sadly, she may never be able to prove what killed the people buried in the mass graves .
ground
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The giant who has been buried under the ground for hundreds of years.
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They cart her down to the city burying ground , roll red clay into her eyes.
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It can even be buried in the ground to prevent wetting the soil surface and encouraging weeds.
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A great shell fell, buried itself in the ground , and exploded near where I stood.
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It can be very difficult to be sure of why a hoard of objects was buried in the ground .
hatchet
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Christmas looks to be a time for burying the hatchet or exhuming it for re-examination.
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So much for burying the hatchet , he thinks.
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After the race, the two men met and sensibly buried the hatchet .
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Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno hope to bury the hatchet long enough to bring home the gold.
head
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You will notice phrases like crocodile tears, the elephant never forgets, and the ostrich burying its head in the sand.
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What is the good of having Rod Hull's Emu in the pulpit if he buries his head in the theological sands.
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She righted herself almost immediately, flew into Mrs Saulitis's out-stretched arms and buried her head in her bosom.
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In his room he fell on his bed, and buried his head in the pillow.
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Flinging himself on the carpet, he buried his head wretchedly in the sofa cushions.
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She buried her head in Florence's flank and groaned.
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Suddenly all she wanted to do was get home and bury her head under her pillow.
sand
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The sea wall ended, steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand .
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Many wrasses bury themselves in the sand at night.
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It is possible that the reactors will never be demolished, but will be buried in mounds of sand or gravel.
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The seeds of Nuphar must be stored in cold surroundings, either covered with moss or buried in the sand .
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Archaeologists found it in a boat-shaped tomb 29m long, made out of mud bricks and buried deep in the sand .
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He was buried in the sand .
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We just buried ourselves in the sand .
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A solitary star plummeted downward to bury itself in the sand beside Alec's foot.
treasure
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In fact he was digging for buried treasure .
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Still, the movie fails to answer the big pirate question: Why are fictional pirates always burying their treasure ?
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It could be a Roman or Saxon burial ground and they were buried with their treasures .
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But the notion of buried treasure in Arizona is not crazy.
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In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises, buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest.
■ VERB
die
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Did I deserve to die , and be buried in the churchyard like my uncle Reed?
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When she died , he buried her.
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Philip died and was buried at Lydiard Constantine, near Swindon.
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When bulls die , we bury them with one or both horns sticking up out of the ground.
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In Bhachau, which was also obliterated, 78 girls died when they were buried inside their school building.
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When I die , bury me by the river.
try
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He was caught in the end, trying to bury one of the bodies in the cemetery, in a fresh grave.
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I tried to bury myself in work.
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Such testimony, unheard of in El Salvador, is potentially explosive in a state that has tried to bury its past.
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West was having a fit trying to bury Prophet Samuel.
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For she, too, had her practical streak though now she tried to bury it.
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The move comes amid accusations that Oleksy is trying to bury the matter.
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Guilt made her try to bury it deep in her subconscious.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be dead and buried
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Gregory converted it too and Northampton knew they were dead and buried.
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The defensive concepts of prewar days were dead and buried.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He murdered his wife and buried her body in a field.
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People may bury painful childhood memories to protect themselves.
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Snakes usually bury their eggs.
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Some of the phone lines are buried beneath the streets.
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Tennessee buried Florida 45-3 in Saturday's game.
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The dog buried one of my slippers in the backyard.
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The hardest thing a mother can do is bury one of her children.
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We hope to bury any speculation that there was a conspiracy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although it had been buried without a coffin, it was found perfectly preserved.
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Four other abandoned children whose final days had not been as comfortable were buried that same day.
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Heberle confirms the mains will be buried between 36 inches and 44 inches deep.
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It is an earthwork which appears to descend into the ground and is partially buried in the soil.
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The arteries, much more rigid than veins and buried deeper in the body, are unaffected.
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The refugees, having buried his body, are forced to move on.
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Whitney, the high country is absolutely buried in the stuff.
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Your relatives have to bury you in an envelope.