bury
/ˈbɛɹi/ verb A2- To kill or murder.
- To outlive. · Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!
- To place in the ground. · bury a bone; bury the embers
- To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. · She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.· The splinter has buried itself under the nail.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out. · vocals buried in the mix
- To overwhelm. · They buried us in paperwork.
- To suppress and hide away in one's mind. · secrets kept buried· She buried her shame and put on a smiling face.
- To put an end to; to abandon. · They buried their argument and shook hands.
He/she/it buries · Past buried · Past participle buried · -ing form burying
Verb forms
- Base form
- bury
- He/she/it
- buries
- Past
- buried
- Past participle
- buried
- -ing form
- burying
From the library
Roll me into the hives of the wild bees that I may be stung to death, and bury me with the Hyaena, for I am most miserable of bears!
Charlie Sloane says that his grandmother saw his grandfather driving home the cows one night after he’d been buried for a year.
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
I have already recorded sentence of death, five or six times, against the movers of political conspiracies, and who can say how many daggers may be ready sharpened, and only waiting a favorable opportunity to be buried in my heart?”
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