bury

bur-y · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To place (a dead body) in the ground or in a tomb.

  2. 2.

    To hide something in the ground by covering it with earth.

  3. 3.

    To cover something completely; to conceal.

  4. 4.

    To put something out of mind; to suppress.

  5. 5.

    To absorb oneself completely in something.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    bury the hatchet — To make peace; end a quarrel.
  • •
    bury one's head in the sand — To ignore an obvious problem.
  • •
    dead and buried — Completely finished or forgotten.
  • •
    bury the lead — To hide the most important information in a story.

Related words

Antonyms: dig up, exhume, expose, unearth
See also: buried, burying, entomb, grave, inter
Synonyms: conceal, cover, entomb, hide, inter

Etymology

From Old English byrgan ("to raise a mound, bury, hide"), from Proto-Germanic burgjaną ("to protect, shelter"). Related to Old Norse bjarga ("to save") and Gothic bairgan ("to hide"). First attested before the 12th century.