BURY





Definition:

  1. [verb] cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"

  2. [verb] place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
    Synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest

  3. [verb] place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"

  4. [verb] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
    Synonyms: immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up

  5. [verb] embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
    Synonyms: sink

  6. [verb] dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
    Synonyms: forget

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