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).
Phrases and idioms:
bury the hatchet cease to quarrel. burying-beetle a sexton beetle. burying-ground (or -place) a cemetery.
Etymology: OE byrgan f. WG: cf. BURIAL