bury
to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
to put (a corpse) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony: They buried the sailor with full military honors.
to plunge in deeply; cause to sink in: to bury an arrow in a target.
to cover in order to conceal from sight: She buried the card in the deck.
to immerse (oneself): He buried himself in his work.
to put out of one's mind: to bury an insult.
to consign to obscurity; cause to appear insignificant by assigning to an unimportant location, position, etc.: Her name was buried in small print at the end of the book.
Idioms about bury
bury one's head in the sand, to avoid reality; ignore the facts of a situation: You cannot continue to bury your head in the sand—you must learn to face facts.
bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited.
Origin of bury
1Other words for bury
Opposites for bury
Other words from bury
- re·bur·y, verb (used with object), re·bur·ied, re·bur·y·ing.
Words that may be confused with bury
- berry, bury
Words Nearby bury
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How to use bury in a sentence
Then they intended to bury her, but she looked more alive than dead, and she still had such pretty red cheeks.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her | The Brothers Grimm | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the special, Workman plays the old man who, as a cabin boy, watched the pirates bury their treasure.
Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons | Rich Goldstein | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUs is me and Gus, driving our bus across the land; when we die, just bury us together, hand in hand.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe landscape looks something like the marsh behind the Toys ‘R’ Us where Tony Soprano might bury a body in Jersey.
Just days before, the officer told him, 19 bodies of Ebola victims were left lying outside with few men to bury them.
If they are still Moderns and alive, I defy you to bury them if you are discussing living questions in a full and honest way.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe swift breeze seemed to Edna to bury the sting of it into the pores of her face and hands.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinTwo years before her death Mrs. Otis was glad to bury her mortification and misery in Rosewater.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonMeanwhile Benny looked on with great delight as Watch tried to bury his bone with only one paw to dig with.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerSince the number of casualties was extremely high during this battle, Jackson allowed Banks to bury his dead the following day.
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British Dictionary definitions for bury (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɛrɪ) /
to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter
to place in the earth and cover with soil
to lose through death
to cover from sight; hide
to embed; sink: to bury a nail in plaster
to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross: to be buried in a book
to dismiss from the mind; abandon: to bury old hatreds
bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled
bury one's head in the sand to refuse to face a problem
Origin of bury
1British Dictionary definitions for Bury (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɛrɪ) /
a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop: 60 178 (2001)
a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 181 900 (2003 est). Area: 99 sq km (38 sq miles)
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