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!
They all knew where that place was, but few of the Jungle People ever went there, because what they called the Cold Lairs was an old deserted city, lost and buried in the jungle, and beasts seldom use a place that men have once used.
Sitting down on a chair by the table, flinging her arms out upon it, and burying her face in them, she proceeded to cry stormily.
‘My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.’ That’s a sentence I read in a book once, and I say it over to comfort myself whenever I’m disappointed in anything.”
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