English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "bury"

bury

Từ điển Collocation

bury verb

¹ dead person

PHRASES be dead and buried Those people are now all dead and buried. (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. | bury sb alive

² hide in the ground

ADV. deep | underground The waste is buried deep underground.

³ cover

ADV. completely a fallen tree trunk almost completely buried in the long grass

PHRASES be buried alive The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed. | be/get buried beneath/under sth The building was now buried under three metres of soil. Your letter got buried under a pile of papers.

⁴ put sth deeply into sth

ADV. deep/deeply He slumped forward, the knife buried deep in his chest. (figurative) her deeply buried pain

PHRASES lie/remain buried (often figurative) The king is dead and lies buried at Jedburgh Abbey. What secrets lie buried in the past?

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Từ điển WordNet

v.

• cover from sight

  Afghani women buried under their burkas

• place in a grave or tomb; entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest

  Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square

  The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids

  My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

• place in the earth and cover with soil

  They buried the stolen goods

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up

  The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

• embed deeply; sink

  She sank her fingers into the soft sand

  He buried his head in her lap

• dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; forget

  i tried to bury these unpleasant memories

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

buries|buried|burying
syn.: cache conceal cover hide immerse
ant.: dig excavate sink