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bury
to conceal; to place in a grave: They will bury her tomorrow.
Not to be confused with:
berry – a fleshy, edible fruit: She made a berry cobbler.
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Bur·y
(bĕr′ē) A borough of northwest England north-northwest of Manchester.
bur·y
(bĕr′ē)tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies
Idiom: 1.
a. 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. To place so as to conceal; hide or obscure: buried her face in the pillow; buried the secret deep within himself.
3. To occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb: buried myself in my studies.
4. To put an end to; abandon: buried their quarrel and shook hands.
5. Slang To outdo or defeat by a large margin: The team was buried in the first half by its crosstown rivals.
bury the hatchet
To stop fighting; resolve a quarrel.
bur′i·er n.
Word History: Why does bury rhyme with berry and not with jury? The answer goes back to early English times. The late Old English form of the verb bury was byrgan, pronounced approximately (bür′yən). During Middle English times this (ü) sound changed, but with different results in different regions of England: to (o͝o) as in put in the Midlands, to (ĭ) as in pit in southern England, or to (ĕ) as in pet in southeast England. London was located in the East Midlands dialect zone, but because of its status as the capital, its East Midlands dialect was influenced by southern (Saxon) and southeastern (Kentish) dialects. The normal East Midlands development of (ü) was (o͝o), spelled u. Because scribes from the East Midlands pronounced the word with this vowel they tended to spell the word with a u, and this spelling became standard when spellings were fixed after the introduction of printing. The word's pronunciation, however, is southeastern. Bury is the only word in Modern English with a Midlands spelling and a southeastern pronunciation. Similarly, the word busy, from Old English bysig, bisig, and its verb bysgian, bisgian, "to employ," is spelled with the East Midlands dialect u, but pronounced with the southern (Saxon) development of (ü), (ĭ).
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bury
(ˈbɛrɪ)vb (tr) , buries, burying or buried
1. to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter
2. to place in the earth and cover with soil
3. to lose through death
4. to cover from sight; hide
5. to embed; sink: to bury a nail in plaster.
6. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross: to be buried in a book.
7. to dismiss from the mind; abandon: to bury old hatreds.
8. bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled
9. bury one's head in the sand to refuse to face a problem
[Old English byrgan to bury, hide; related to Old Norse bjarga to save, preserve, Old English beorgan to defend]
Bury
(ˈbɛrɪ)n
1. (Placename) a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop: 60 178 (2001)
2. (Placename) a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 181 900 (2003 est). Area: 99 sq km (38 sq miles)
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bur•y
(ˈbɛr i)v.t. bur•ied, bur•y•ing.
1. to put in the ground and cover with earth.
2. to put (a corpse) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony.
3. to plunge in deeply; cause to sink in.
4. to conceal from sight: to bury a card in the deck.
5. to immerse (oneself): He buried himself in his work.
6. to cause to appear insignificant: buried in small print.
Idioms: 1. bury one's head in the sand, to avoid reality; ignore the facts of a situation.
2. bury the hatchet, to become reconciled.
[before 1000; Middle English berien, buryen, Old English byrgan to bury, conceal]
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Bury
a burrow of conies; rabbits collectively.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
bury
Past participle: buried
Gerund: burying
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| Verb | 1. | bury - cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" |
| 2. | bury - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" | |
| 3. | bury - place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" | |
| 4. | bury - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" | |
| 5. | bury - embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" countersink, set - insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | |
| 6. | bury - dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" unlearn - try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge |
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bury
verb
1. inter, lay to rest, entomb, sepulchre, consign to the grave, inearth, inhume, inurn soldiers who helped to bury the dead
inter unearth, dig up, exhume, disinter, turn up, dredge up
inter unearth, dig up, exhume, disinter, turn up, dredge up
2. hide, cover, conceal, stash (informal), secrete, cache, stow away She buried it under some leaves.
hide find, reveal, discover, expose, turn up, uncover, dredge up, bring to light
hide find, reveal, discover, expose, turn up, uncover, dredge up, bring to light
5. forget, break with, draw a veil over, think no more of, consign to oblivion, put in the past, not give another thought to It is time to bury our past misunderstandings.
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bury
verb1. To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave:
Idiom: lay to rest.
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Translations
pohřbítzahrabat
begravegemme sig under
haudatakätkeäpiilottaa
pokopati
elástemet
grafagrafa, fela
埋葬する
파묻다
laidotilaidotuvėspalaidotipaslėptislėpti
apbedītapglabātapraktpaslēpt
zahrabať
pokopatizakopati
begrava
ฝัง
chôn
bury
[ˈberɪ] VT1. [+ body, treasure] → enterrar (fig) [+ memory, matter] → echar tierra sobre
buried by an avalanche → sepultado por una avalancha
he wanted to be buried at sea → quería que su cadáver fuera arrojado al mar
to be buried alive → ser enterrado vivo
to bury the hatchet; bury the tomahawk (US) → enterrar el hacha de guerra
buried by an avalanche → sepultado por una avalancha
he wanted to be buried at sea → quería que su cadáver fuera arrojado al mar
to be buried alive → ser enterrado vivo
to bury the hatchet; bury the tomahawk (US) → enterrar el hacha de guerra
2. (= conceal) he buried his face in his hands → escondió la cara entre las manos
it's buried away in the library → está en algún rincón de la biblioteca
to bury o.s. in the country → perderse en la campiña
the bullet buried itself in a tree → la bala se empotró en un árbol
it's buried away in the library → está en algún rincón de la biblioteca
to bury o.s. in the country → perderse en la campiña
the bullet buried itself in a tree → la bala se empotró en un árbol
3. (= engross) buried in thought → ensimismado, absorto en sus pensamientos
she buried herself in her book → se ensimismó en la lectura, se enfrascó en el libro
she buried herself in her book → se ensimismó en la lectura, se enfrascó en el libro
4. (= plunge) [+ claws, knife] → clavar (in en) to bury a dagger in sb's heart → clavar un puñal en el corazón de algn
5. (Sport) (= defeat) → aplastar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bury
[ˈbɛri] vt (= inter) [+ dead person, animal] → enterrer
to bury o.s. in one's work (= absorb) → se plonger dans le travail
to bury o.s. in one's work (= absorb) → se plonger dans le travail
(= put under ground) [+ treasure, bone] → enterrer
to bury the hatchet (= make peace) → enterrer la hache de guerre
to bury the hatchet (= make peace) → enterrer la hache de guerre
(= cover over) [avalanche] → ensevelir
(= hide) to bury one's face in one's hands → se couvrir le visage de ses mains
to bury one's head in the sand → pratiquer la politique de l'autruche
to bury one's head in the sand → pratiquer la politique de l'autruche
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vt
person, animal, possessions, differences → begraben; (with ceremony also) → beerdigen, bestatten (geh); (= hide in earth) treasure, bones → vergraben; (= put in earth) end of post, roots → eingraben; where is he buried? → wo liegt or ist er begraben?; (in cemetery also) → wo liegt er?; to bury somebody at sea → jdn auf See bestatten (geh), → jdm ein Seemannsgrab geben; he is dead and buried → er ist schon lange tot; that’s all dead and buried (fig) → das ist schon lange passé (inf); she has buried three husbands (fig) → sie hat schon drei Männer begraben (inf); buried by an avalanche → von einer Lawine verschüttet or begraben; to be buried in work (fig) → bis zum Hals in Arbeit stecken; to bury one’s head in the sand (fig) → den Kopf in den Sand stecken
(= conceal) one’s face → verbergen; to bury one’s face in one’s hands → das Gesicht in den Händen vergraben; to bury oneself under the blankets/(away) in the country → sich unter den Decken/auf dem Land vergraben; a village buried in the heart of the country → ein im Landesinnern versteckt gelegenes Dorf
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bury
[berɪ] vt (body, treasure) → seppellire; (plunge, claws, knife) to bury (in) → affondare (in)he buried his face in his hands → si coprì il volto con le mani
buried by an avalanche → travolto/a da una valanga
to bury the hatchet (fig) → seppellire l'ascia di guerra
to bury one's head in the sand (fig) → fare (la politica del)lo struzzo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bury
(ˈberi) verb1. to place (a dead body) in a grave, the sea etc.
2. to hide (under the ground etc). My socks are buried somewhere in this drawer.
ˈburial noun (an instance of) burying (a dead body) in a grave etc. my grandfather's burial: (also adjective) a burial service.
bury the hatchet to stop quarrelling. Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bury
→ يَدْفِن pohřbít begrave begraben θάβω enterrar haudata enterrer pokopati sotterrare 埋葬する 파묻다 begraven begrave zakopać enterrar хоронить begrava ฝัง gömmek chôn 掩埋Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009