When you dig a hole in the ground, put an object in the hole, and cover it up with dirt, you bury it. Your dog might prefer spending the majority of his time digging holes to bury his toy collection.
A borough; a manor;
Verb
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
Verb
place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"
Verb
embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
Verb
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
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cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
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place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
n.
A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
n.
A manor house; a castle.
v. t.
To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering;
to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.
v. t.
Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a
corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to
inhume.
v. t.
To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
Bury
To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England.
Bury
And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep.2.
Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave.3.
Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
A borough; a manor;
To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide;
Usage Examples
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.
Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that.
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
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Other Usage ExamplesDo what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.
The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.