bury

[ US /ˈbɛɹi/ ]
[ UK /bˈɛɹi/ ]
VERB
  1. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
    I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
  2. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
  3. 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
  4. embed deeply
    He buried his head in her lap
    She sank her fingers into the soft sand
  5. place in the earth and cover with soil
    They buried the stolen goods
  6. cover from sight
    Afghani women buried under their burkas
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How To Use bury In A Sentence

  • The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
  • The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
  • People may bury painful childhood memories to protect themselves.
  • To buttress his stance that the Church sanctioned such assassinations, Petit drew on Thomas Aquinas and other theologians, but the defense rested on John of Salisbury's explicit theories about the legitimacy of tyrannicide.
  • Survivors were forced to bury the dead in mass graves. Times, Sunday Times
  • St Marie's in Bury will become a ‘gem church’, and developed as a focus for prayer and devotion within the deanery.
  • Gone was the staid decor and mahogany wood typical of the menswear shops on Shaftesbury Avenue. Times, Sunday Times
  • In view of the publicity already given to these subjects, it is necessary to note in fuller detail two matters connected with the health of the Canadian troops at Salisbury Plain – namely, the outbreak of cerebro-spinal fever and the veneral situation. War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps
  • Burying one's head in the sand is an equally ineffective tactic. Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Cadbury dismisses 'derisory' Kraft bid food giant Kraft yesterday, labelling it "derisory" and "unattractive" and calling on its shareholders to turn it down. WN.com - Articles related to Cadbury chief prefers Hershey to Kraft as bid battle looms larger
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