bury
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to bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle burying, simple past and past participle buried) (transitive)
- To ritualistically inter a corpse in a grave or tomb. (see burial)
- To place in the ground. "bury a bone"
- To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth - "she buried her face in the pillow", "buried the secret deep inside"
- To put an end to; to abandon. "They buried their argument and shook hands"
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to ritualistically inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
to place in the ground
to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
to put an end to; to abandon
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[edit] Etymology 2
See borough.
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bury (plural buries)
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[edit] Etymology
From English bury. Replacing native form bery.
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- IPA: /bʌri/
[edit] Verb
tae bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle buryin, simple past buriet, past participle buriet)
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- (transitive) to bury