BURY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bury in English buryverb [ T ] uk /ˈber.i/ us /ˈber.i/

bury verb [T] (COVER WITH EARTH, ETC.)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 to put a dead body into the ground: His father is buried in the cemetery on the hill. See also burial B2 to put something into a hole in the ground and cover it: buried treasure They were on the hunt for buried treasure. The dog trotted off to bury its bone. usually passive 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. to lie on the surface of someone or something

• coverSnow covered the ground.
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• blanketThe fields were blanketed with early-morning mist.
• enshroudThe mountaintops were enshrouded in a thick veil of cloud.
• buryThe shed was completely buried by rubble.
• be carpeted with somethingThe aisle was carpeted with rose petals.

See more results » old-fashioned 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.

• A ceasefire has been called to allow the survivors to bury their dead.
• He made a short speech at the graveside, then the body was finally buried.
• Robin Hood asked to be buried where his arrow landed.
• X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.
• In AD 79 the city of Pompei was buried under a layer of ash seven metres deep.

Burying, cremating and preserving bodies

• barrow
• black bag
• burial
• canopic jar
• cist
• coffin
• cremains
• cremate
• cremation
• cryonics
• disinter
• embalm
• exhume
• green burial
• lay someone to rest idiom
• mummification
• mummy
• natural burial
• plastination
• sati

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Hiding and disguising Covering and adding layers Death and dying

bury verb [T] (HIDE)

C2 to put something in a place where it is difficult or impossible to find or see: be buried away I found the article buried away in the business section of the newspaper. She buried her face in her hands and began to sob. to try to prevent people from finding out about something that has happened: bury the truth This was an attempt to bury the truth about the senator's death.bury bad news One of the oldest tricks for burying bad news is to release it on the last day of the parliamentary session. to try to forget an unpleasant experience or try not to feel an unpleasant emotion: He'd had to bury his pain over the years. Many of us have been hurt in relationships, and a frequent form of defence is to bury your feelings.

• I found some old letters buried in a drawer.
• This is a story of deceit and complicity by government and industry to bury the truth about the dangers of uranium mining.
• Everyone knows that Friday is when you release news you want to bury, because Friday news gets reported in the little-read Saturday papers.
• Many soldiers bury the feelings and memories of war when they get home.
• Could she really entirely bury her anger about the media circus she had to endure?
• Her constructive criticism and wise counselling helped me uncover buried feelings and emotions which I had long denied.

Hiding and disguising

• be holed up idiom
• booby trap
• camo
• camouflaged
• cloak
• drown
• fig leaf
• hit the deck idiom
• hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb
• illusion
• illusionistically
• illusively
• lurk
• secrete
• shroud
• shut
• shut someone/something out phrasal verb
• sidle
• skulk
• smokescreen

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Forgetting and forgetfulness

bury verb [T] (SCORE)

sports   mainly UK informal specialized to send a ball into the net of a goal with a lot of force: He made a zig-zagging run before burying the ball with his left foot. Thornton buried the shot into the left-hand side of the net.

• She buries the ball just inside the right post.
• This is the sort of chance he usually buries, but he missed it.

General terms used in ball sports

• aggregate score
• assist
• attacking
• back pass
• backhanded
• bend
• defend
• hat trick
• in
• in bounds idiom
• inbounds pass
• indirect free kick
• interception
• penalty
• slot
• smash-mouth
• spacing
• split the defence idiom
• spot kick
• tackle

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Idiom

bury the hatchet

Phrasal verb

bury yourself in something (Definition of bury from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bury | American Dictionary

buryverb [ T ] us /ˈber·i/ Add to word list Add to word list to put a dead body into the ground: My father is buried in Kentucky. To bury something is also to put it into the ground: Squirrels bury nuts and dig them up later to eat them. To bury something is also to hide it or to make it difficult to find: She buried her face in her hands. The article was buried in the middle of the newspaper.

Idiom

bury the hatchet (Definition of bury from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bury

bury The sweat bath, the angled wall, and the rear piers were removed or buried. From the Cambridge English Corpus But the frequent link between visiting a church and praying for the souls of people identified as buried there is suggestive. From the Cambridge English Corpus Seed distributions in the bucket experiment differed among species, with small seeds being buried deeper than large seeds. From the Cambridge English Corpus He died rather suddenly and was buried in the shrine complex. From the Cambridge English Corpus Seeds are conditionally dormant at maturity, and undergo annual non-dormancy/conditional dormancy cycles when buried outdoors. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is overlain by a thin lenticular ignimbrite flow-unit draped by a fine ash layer, and buried by thick massive lapilli-tuff. From the Cambridge English Corpus So when the eighth child died, those who buried it inflicted some injuries under the sole of the feet, probably with thorns. From the Cambridge English Corpus It seems logical to assume that these offerings indicate places where human remains were buried but the acidity of the soil destroyed the bones. From the Cambridge English Corpus Using the hex-path algorithm a robotic system was able to locate a source of ethanol vapour buried in sand. From the Cambridge English Corpus What makes this episode resonate as a vernacular form of archaeological thinking buried deep in the literary imagination of the mid-19th century? From the Cambridge English Corpus Members of founding clans were usually buried in the villages they created, thus sustaining later claims over land. From the Cambridge English Corpus If the mortuary bundles were not buried, then archaeologists and looters would encounter the surviving masks in surface debris. From the Cambridge English Corpus Since most of the leaves of all species were at the apex of the stem, this did not involve burying any leaves. From the Cambridge English Corpus Personal identities seem to have been linked to the number of beads with which one was buried, rather than to the distinctiveness of the beads. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, these results give no evidence of whether carbohydrates are exteriorly exposed or if the carbohydrate moieties are buried within the surface coat. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of bury These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of bury?

Translations of bury

in Chinese (Traditional) 埋, 埋葬，安葬, 埋，掩埋… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 埋, 埋葬，安葬, 埋，掩埋… See more in Spanish enterrar, esconder, reprimir… See more in Portuguese enterrar, sepultar, esconder… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian मृतदेह जमिनीत पुरणे, जमिनीच्या छिद्रात काहीतरी घालणे आणि ते झाकणे, एखादी गोष्ट किंवा एखाद्याला मोठ्या प्रमाणात काहीतरी झाकण्यासाठी… See more （遺体）を埋葬する, 埋める, （土の中・何かの下に）～を隠す… See more gömmek, defnetmek, bir şeyi toprağa gömmek… See more enterrer, inhumer, enfouir… See more enterrar… See more begraven, verbergen… See more இறந்த உடலை தரையில் வைக்க / புதைக்க, தரையில் ஒரு துளைக்குள் எதையாவது வைத்து அதை மறைக்க, எதையாவது அல்லது யாரையாவது ஒரு பெரிய அளவிலான ஒன்றின் மூலம் முழுமையாக மூடுவதற்கு… See more (मृतक को) दफनाना, गाड़ना या दबाना, दबाना या दब जाना… See more દફનાવવું, દાટવું, દટાઈ જવું… See more begrave, gemme sig under… See more begrava, gräva ner… See more tanam, timbus… See more begraben, verbergen… See more begrave, gravlegge, grave ned… See more دفن کرنا, زمین میں گاڑنا, دبانا… See more ховати… See more పాతి పెట్టడం, ఒక మృతదేహాన్ని భూమిలో వేయడం, పాతిపెట్టడం… See more সমাধিস্থ, মাটিতে পুতে ফেলা, কোন কিছুর নীচে চাপা পড়ে যাওয়া… See more pohřbít, zahrabat… See more mengubur, menyembunyikan… See more ฝังศพ, ฝัง (อยู่ใต้)… See more chôn cất, giấu đi… See more pogrzebać, zakopać, pochować… See more 묻다, (땅속이나 아래에 숨겨) 묻다… See more seppellire, sotterrare… See more Need a translator?

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• rebury
• bury the hatchet idiom
• bury yourself in something phrasal verb
• bury the lede idiom
• bury/have your head in the sand idiom
• bury/have your head in the sand

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    • bury (COVER WITH EARTH, ETC.)
    • bury (HIDE)
    • bury (SCORE)
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