BURIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buried mean? 

• BURIED (adjective)
  The adjective BURIED has 1 sense:

1. placed in a grave

  Familiarity information: BURIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Placed in a grave

Synonyms:

buried; inhumed; interred

Context example:

the hastily buried corpses

Similar:

belowground (underneath the ground)

Antonym:

unburied (not buried)

 Context examples 

He dropped his arms upon the table and buried his face in them.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

For more than twenty years we have led peaceful and useful lives, and we hoped that our past was forever buried.

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

Her husband buried her under the juniper-tree, and wept bitterly for her.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Instead of being buried underground, the solid carbon produced by the method could be used as a fuel source or as feedstock, as the element is in other carbon utilization approaches.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This morning, as the man was buried and the investigation over—so far as this room is concerned—we thought we could tidy up a bit.

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

Holmes was silent and buried in thought with a pained expression upon his face, as one who finds himself in a perplexing position.

(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)

The wind smote the schooner with a sudden gust, and she heeled over till her lee rail was buried, the roar in her rigging rising in pitch to a shriek.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

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)

One intriguing discovery was that the buried were dressed.

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