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adjective
- 1. placed or hidden underground: "buried treasure"
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If someone says they buried someone, usually a close relation, they mean that the person died: She buried both her parents last year . No-one should have to bury their child .
The meaning of BURY is to dispose of by depositing in or as if in the earth; especially : to inter with funeral ceremonies. How to use bury in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bury.
BURY definition: 1. to put a dead body into the ground: 2. to put something into a hole in the ground and cover it…. Learn more.
BURIED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of bury 2. to put a dead body into the ground: 3. to put…. Learn more.
11 meanings: 1. to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter 2. to place in the earth and cover with soil.... Click for more definitions.
Whenever I'm in a car and not behind the wheel, I've got my feet buried in the floorboards. → See bury.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
You can bury something to hide it, or it can be part of a funeral ritual to bury a person who's died. You could also predict that the coming snow will bury the city, or you might bury your face in your hands if you were feeling dejected.
To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. To dispose of (a corpse) ritualistically by means other than interment or cremation. 2. a. To place in the ground; cover with earth: The dog buried the bone. The oil was buried deep under the tundra. b.
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Definition of bury verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to place a dead body in the ground. bury somebody/something They killed her and buried her body. bury somebody/something + adv./prep. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
