- 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