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- DictionaryBur·y/ˈberē/
verb
- 1. put or hide under ground: "he buried the box in the back garden"
- 2. completely cover; cause to disappear or become inconspicuous: "the countryside has been buried under layers of concrete"
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- 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./
4 days ago · 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. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] ...squirrels who bury nuts and seeds. [VERB noun] ...buried treasure. [VERB-ed] 2. verb.
B1. to hide something in the ground or under something: buried treasure. She watched the dog burying its bone. It is common practice to bury waste in landfills. [ often passive ] Two climbers were buried in the snow. bury your face/head in sth.
B1. to hide something in the ground or under something: buried treasure. She watched the dog burying its bone. It is common practice to bury waste in landfills. [ often passive ] Two climbers were buried in the snow. bury your face/head in sth. to move your face / head somewhere where it is hidden: She buried her face in her hands.
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Pronunciation
1. (UK, US) enPR: bĕr'ē, bû'rē 1.1. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹ.i/, /ˈbɜː.ɹi/ 1.1.1. (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.ɹi/ (also used by some outside Scotland) 1.1.2. (Middlesbrough, Lancashire) IPA(key): /ˈbʊ.ɹi/ 1.2. (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹ.i/, /ˈbɝ.i/ 1.3. Rhymes: -ɛɹi 1.4. Homophones: berry, Berry 1.5. Homophone: Barry (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger), beary (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger) 2. (New Zealand) enPR: bĕr'ē, bâr'ē IPA(key): /ˈbeɹiː/, /ˈbeəɹiː/ 2.1. Rhymes: -ɛ...
Etymology 1
Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”),...
Etymology 2
See borough.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈbu.rɨ/ 2. Rhymes: -urɨ 3. Syllabification: bu‧ry 4. Homophone: Bury
Etymology 1
A post-Mongol invasion Turkic borrowing as Ukrainian бу́рий (búryj) and Russian бу́рый (búryj), which latter see.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemmaform.
Etymology
From English bury. Replacing native form bery.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /bʌri/
Verb
bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle buryin, simple past buriet, past participle buriet) 1. (transitive) to bury
bury. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Death bur‧y /ˈberi/ W3 verb (buried, burying, buries) [ transitive] 1 dead person to put someone who has died in a grave bury somebody in/at etc something He was buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s. 2 object to put something under the ground, often in order to hide it ...
Britannica Dictionary definition of BURY. [+ object] 1. a : to put (a dead person or animal) in a grave. He was buried with full military honors. Their ancestors are buried in the local cemetery. cultures that bury their dead. b : to have someone that you love or are related to die.
