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  2. to cover something or someone completely with a large quantity of something: be buried alive If an avalanche strikes, skiers can be buried alive by snow. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to lie on the surface of someone or something. cover Snow covered the ground.

  3. 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.

  4. bury. 1. / ˈbɛrɪ / verb. to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter. to place in the earth and cover with soil. to lose through death. to cover from sight; hide. to embed; sink. to bury a nail in plaster. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross. to be buried in a book. to dismiss from the mind; abandon.

    • 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.
    • bury somebody (old-fashioned) to lose somebody by death. She's 85 and has buried three husbands.
    • to hide something in the ground. bury something We used to dig for hours, looking for buried treasure. They plan to bury a time capsule containing work from every child in the school.
    • [often passive] to cover somebody/something with soil, rocks, leaves, etc. bury somebody/something A landslide buried about 25 people yesterday. bury somebody/something + adv./
  5. 4 days ago · Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense buries , present participle burying , past tense, past participle buried. 1. verb. To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it.

  6. Definitions of 'bury' 1. To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. [...] 2. To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth. [...] 3. If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died. [...] More.

  7. verb. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. synonyms: eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up. see more. verb. cover from sight. see more. verb. embed deeply. synonyms: sink. see more. verb. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. “I tried to bury these unpleasant memories” synonyms: forget. see more. Pronunciation. US.