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bury
('b/E/r/i/ )

noun (n)

  • A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • cover from sight(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • place in a grave or tomb(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
    source: wordnet30
  • place in the earth and cover with soil(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up
    source: wordnet30
  • embed deeply(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    sink
    source: wordnet30
  • dismiss from the mind; stop remembering(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I tried to bury these unpleasant memories.
    Synonym:
    forget
    Antonym:
    remember, think of
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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