BURY (buried)

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Irregular inflected form: buried   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bury mean? 

• BURY (verb)
  The verb BURY has 6 senses:

1. cover from sight

2. place in a grave or tomb

3. place in the earth and cover with soil

4. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

5. embed deeply

6. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

  Familiarity information: BURY used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bury    ... he / she / it buries   
Past simple: buried   
Past participle: buried   
-ing form: burying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover from sight

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

Afghani women buried under their burkas

Hypernyms (to "bury" is one way to...):

conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place in a grave or tomb

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bury; entomb; inhume; inter; lay to rest

Context example:

My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

Hypernyms (to "bury" is one way to...):

lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot bury Sue

Derivation:

burial (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place in the earth and cover with soil

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

They buried the stolen goods

Hypernyms (to "bury" is one way to...):

deposit; fix; posit; situate (put (something somewhere) firmly)

"Bury" entails doing...:

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

burial (concealing something under the ground)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bury; eat up; immerse; swallow; swallow up

Context example:

The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

Hypernyms (to "bury" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Embed deeply

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bury; sink

Context example:

He buried his head in her lap

Hypernyms (to "bury" is one way to...):

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bury"):

countersink; set (insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

bury; forget

Context example:

I tried to bury these unpleasant memories

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bury"):

unlearn (try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge)

repress; suppress (put out of one's consciousness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

She shuddered and buried her face in her hands.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Elizabeth was chiefly struck by his extraordinary deference for Lady Catherine, and his kind intention of christening, marrying, and burying his parishioners whenever it were required.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

See, I bury my face in the grass, and the breath I draw in through my nostrils sets me quivering with a thousand thoughts and fancies.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“If I die, bury me under the juniper-tree.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The tomb is located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery where noblemen and top government officials are buried.

(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

His head dropped forward on the table and was buried in his hands.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

My companion sat in the front of the trap, his arms folded, his hat pulled down over his eyes, and his chin sunk upon his breast, buried in the deepest thought.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He looked at her quickly, while across his face shot a haunting expression, the ghost of some buried misery achieving swift resurrection.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

One intriguing discovery was that the buried were dressed.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

Dragon's Breath Cave, the largest non-subglacial underground lake on Earth, is buried there.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)