bury

Plural: buries

Verb

cover from sight
place in a grave or tomb
place in the earth and cover with soil
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
embed deeply
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
To kill or murder.
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
To outlive.
To place in the ground.
To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.
To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
To overwhelm.
To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
To put an end to; to abandon.
To score (a goal).
To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
BURIED, BURYING, BURIES to put in the ground and cover with earth

Noun

A burrow.
A borough; a manor

Examples

"bury a bone; bury the embers"
"Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!"
"secrets kept buried"
"She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands."
"She buried her shame and put on a smiling face."
"The information I need is buried behind needless details."
"The splinter has buried itself under the nail."
"They buried their argument and shook hands."
"They buried us in paperwork."
"vocals buried in the mix"

Origin / Etymology

Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”).
Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”).
The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects.

Synonyms

eat up, entomb, forget, immerse, inhume, inter, lay to rest, sink, swallow, swallow up

Antonyms

remember

Scrabble Score: 9

bury: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bury: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bury: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

bury is a valid Words With Friends word