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Bury Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bury? [v] dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [v] place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" [v] embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" [v] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" [v] cover from sight [v] place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bury: eat up \| engross \| entomb \| forget \| immerse \| inhume \| inter \| lay to rest \| sink \| swallow \| swallow up Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bury: abandon \| baptize \| bosom \| bottle up \| cache \| coffin \| conceal \| conduct a funeral \| consign to oblivion \| cover up \| deluge \| deposit \| dip \| douse \| drown \| duck \| dunk \| embosom \| encoffin \| engulf \| ensepulcher \| enshrine \| entomb \| eradicate \| extirpate \| file and forget \| forget \| hearse \| hide \| hide away \| immerge \| immerse \| inearth \| inhume \| inter \| inundate \| inurn \| keep hidden \| keep secret \| lay to rest \| lock up \| merge \| obscure \| overcome \| overwhelm \| plant \| plunge \| plunge in water \| put away \| seal up \| secrete \| sepulture \| sink \| souse \| stash \| store away \| stow away \| submerge \| submerse \| tomb \| whelm See Also \| conceal \| countersink \| cover \| deposit \| embed \| enclose \| engraft \| fix \| hide \| imbed \| implant \| inclose \| lay \| plant \| posit \| put down \| repose \| repress \| set \| shut in \| situate \| suppress \| unlearn Bury In Webster's Dictionary \Bur"y\ (b[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [See 1st {Borough}.] 1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's; Note: used as a termination of names of places; as, Canterbury, Shrewsbury. 2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.] To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England. --Miege. \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burying}.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf. {Burrow}.] 1. 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. And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton. 2. 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. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. --Matt. viii. 21. I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak. 3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak. {Burying beetle} (Zo["o]l.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe {Necrophaga}; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. {To bury the hatchet}, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.

Bury Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bury?

[v] dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
[v] place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"
[v] embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
[v] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
[v] cover from sight
[v] place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

Bury In Webster's Dictionary

\Bur"y\ (b[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [See 1st {Borough}.]
1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's;

Note: used as a termination of names of places; as,
      Canterbury, Shrewsbury.

2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]

         To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the
         lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of
         England.                              --Miege.


\Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Burying}.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
{Burrow}.]
1. 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.

         And all their confidence Under the weight of
         mountains buried deep.                --Milton.

2. 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.

         Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
                                               --Matt. viii.
                                               21.

         I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.

3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
   to bury strife.

         Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all
         unkindness, Cassius.                  --Shak.

{Burying beetle} (Zo["o]l.), the general name of many species
   of beetles, of the tribe {Necrophaga}; the sexton beetle;
   -- so called from their habit of burying small dead
   animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The
   larv[ae] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful
   scavengers.

{To bury the hatchet}, to lay aside the instruments of war,
   and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
   observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
   tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
     overwhelm; repress.

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