Etymology : Middle English burien, from Old English byrgan; akin to Old High German bergan to shelter, Russian berech to spare
Pronunciation : ber-E
also b&r-
Function : transitive verb
Date : before 12th century
1. inter, put in the ground and cover with dirt. bury\bur"y\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. buried ; p. pr. & vb. n. burying .] [oe. burien, birien, berien, as. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, ohg. bergan, g. bergen, icel. bjarga, sw. berga, dan. bierge, goth. ba?rgan.
2. cf. burrow.].
3. 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. and all their confidence under the weight of mountains buried deep.
4. specifically: to cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume. lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. viii.
5. i'll bury thee in a triumphant grave.
6. to hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. give me a bowl of wine in this i bury all unkindness, cassius.
7. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St.
8. Edmond's A manor house; a castle.
9. 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.
10. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
11. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" 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".
12. 1. To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it. squirrels who bury nuts and seeds. buried treasure.
13. To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth. soldiers who helped to bury the dead in large communal graves I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive More than 9,000 men lie buried here.
14. If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died. He had buried his wife some two years before he retired.
15. If you bury something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it. I was looking for my handbag, which was buried under a pile of old newspapers.
16. If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way. Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages He was buried under the debris for several hours.
17. If you bury your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy. She buried her face in the pillows = hide.
18. If something buries itself somewhere, or if you bury it there, it is pushed very deeply in there. The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside He stood on the sidewalk with his hands buried in the pockets of his dark overcoat.
19. to bury the hatchet: see:
hatchet.
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