buried

[ ber-eed ]

/ ˈbɛr id /

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adjective

placed in the ground and covered with earth: There are countless opportunities for leaks in the miles of buried, hard-to-inspect pipes under the nuclear plant site.

(of a corpse) placed in the ground or a vault or tomb, or into the sea, often with ceremony: At Flanders Fields, the largest of the cemeteries devoted to the British Commonwealth holds12,000 buried soldiers from many countries.

plunged deeply into something: She looked in shock at the mayor, who was calmly taking the buried knife out of his chest without spilling a drop of blood.

covered or concealed; made hard to find: One of the best reasons for the poem’s effectiveness as propaganda is its barely buried exposé of the true engine of war: fear.

put out of one’s mind: These pages of fiction woke me up to the buried emotions left from a relationship that nearly cost me my life as a teen.

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Origin of buried

bury + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM buried

half-bur·ied, adjectiveun·bur·ied, adjectivewell-bur·ied, adjective

Words nearby buried

burial, burial ground, burial mound, Buriat, Buridan's ass, buried, buried flap, buried suture, burier, burin, Burj Dubai

How to use buried in a sentence

Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The procession continued on to the Cypress Hill Cemetery, where Ramos was buried the week before.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In it, Kraven the Hunter tracks down Spider-Man, shoots him repeatedly, and leaves him for dead, buried underground.
Exclusive: Sony Hack Reveals Studio's Detailed Plans For Another ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot|William Boot|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site.
Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If they are Ancients and dead then let them be buried and left to the archæological excavator.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
They carried the two bodies together on some litters, and buried them both in the same grave.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Then the two bodies of the men were buried, carrying them together from the street to the grave.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
They buried her body in the Recollect convent, with the greatest pomp possible.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various