burying

bur-y-ing · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of "bury": placing (a dead body) in the ground or in a tomb.

  2. 2.

    Hiding or covering something completely.

  3. 3.

    Suppressing or putting something out of mind.

Related words

See also: burial, buried, bury

Etymology

From Old English byrgan ("to raise a mound, bury, hide") + -ing (present participle suffix).