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bury

/ˈbɛɹi/verb2 syllables

Bury means: place in a grave or tomb.

Synonyms for bury10

verb, as in place in a grave or tomb

entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest

verb, as in enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up

verb, as in embed deeply

sink

verb, as in dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

forget

What does bury mean?6

verb

1

place in a grave or tomb“Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”

2

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing“The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”

3

embed deeply“She sank her fingers into the soft sand”

4

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering“I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”

5

cover from sight“Afghani women buried under their burkas”

6

place in the earth and cover with soil“They buried the stolen goods”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bury?24

three syllables

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Bury in a sentence

  • Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.ddnktr
  • And what about the grandfather, aren't you going to bury him?Eldad
  • Gray squirrels bury nuts, but red squirrels don't.Hybrid
  • In peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons.Hybrid
  • You can only bury these deeply in your heart.yujiang
  • It must be very sad to bury a son.Nylez
  • I bury my face in the fluffy belly.tsp_2
  • The most painful thing for a mother is having to bury her own child.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bury

as a verb

past tense
buried
present participle
burying
third-person singular
buries
past participle
buried