buried

American  

[ber-eed] / ˈbɛr id /

adjective

1. 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.

2. (of a corpse) placed in the ground or a vault or tomb, or into the sea, often with ceremony.

   Here, in the largest of these cemeteries, lie 12,000 buried soldiers from many countries.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of bury.

Other Word Forms

• half-buried adjective
• unburied adjective
• well-buried adjective

Etymology

Origin of buried

bury ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

When buried, these grains trap electrons from natural radiation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

When the manifesto was brought to Nicholas, Mr. Beevor writes, “he crossed himself before picking up the pen, signed, then buried his head in his hands and sobbed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Durham Police and Durham County Council will work with a local undertaker to perform a funeral later this month, with the child to be buried in Bishop Auckland cemetery.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Occasionally, deceased members were buried in their green jackets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

I drew the Bible over my head along with the dress, rolled them together and buried the bundle at the bottom of the clothing pile.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Related Words

• covered
• hidden