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   Bur·y

   /ˈberē/

   

   verb

   • 1. put or hide under ground: "he buried the box in the back garden"
   • ▪ place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea, typically with funeral rites: "he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery" Similar interlay to restconsign to the graveentombearth upinformal:put six feet underplantdeep-sixliterary:sepulcherensepulcherinhumeinearthOpposite exhume
   • ▪ lose (someone, especially a relative) through death: "she buried her sixty-year-old husband"
   • 2. completely cover; cause to disappear or become inconspicuous: "the countryside has been buried under layers of concrete" Similar hideconcealcoverput out of sightsecreteenfoldsubmergesinkembedengulfimmerseenclosetuckcupliterary:enshroudOpposite revealtake out of
   • ▪ move or put out of sight: "she buried her face in her hands"
   • ▪ deliberately forget; conceal from oneself: "they had buried their feelings of embarrassment and fear"
   • ▪ overwhelm (an opponent) beyond hope of recovery: "losses that would bury multiple businesses"
   • ▪ involve oneself deeply in something to the exclusion of other concerns: "he buried himself in work" Similar absorbengrossoccupyengagebusyemploydistractpreoccupyimmerseinterestinvolve

   Word Origin Old Englishbyrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb borrow and to borough.

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