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Meaning of 'bury' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bury [ n.]
- A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
- A manor house; a castle.
2 . Bury [ v. t.]
- To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.
- Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
- To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.

Meaning of 'bury' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bury [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cover from sight
Example in sentence:
  • Afghani women buried under their burkas
Meaning (2):
- embed deeply
Example in sentence:
  • He buried his head in her lap;
  • She sank her fingers into the soft sand
Meaning (3):
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
Example in sentence:
  • I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
Meaning (4):
- place in a grave or tomb
Example in sentence:
  • My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday;
  • Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square;
  • The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
Meaning (5):
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Example in sentence:
  • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Meaning (6):
- place in the earth and cover with soil
Example in sentence:
  • They buried the stolen goods

Nearby Words:

bur bur fish bur marigold burbolt burbot burdelais burden burdened burdener burdening

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