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

The Egyptian queen Thutmose III was buried with gold sandals and protective gold toe caps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Her family said the ruling "ripped up" Helen's Law, which places a legal duty on the Parole Board to consider the suffering caused by killers who refuse to disclose where their victim is buried.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Bishop’s mother and sister also are buried at the cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

I sat down, buried my face in my arms, and made a lot of choking, sobbing sounds like I was crying.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Related Words

• covered
• hidden