burying Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun concealing something under the ground
   burial.
   
2. verb cover from sight
   bury.
   
   • Afghani women buried under their burkas
3. verb place in a grave or tomb
   lay to rest; inhume; inter; bury; entomb.
   
   • 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
4. verb place in the earth and cover with soil
   bury.
   
   • They buried the stolen goods
5. verb enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
   eat up; swallow; bury; immerse; swallow up.
   
   • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
6. verb embed deeply
   bury; sink.
   
   • She sank her fingers into the soft sand
   • He buried his head in her lap
7. verb dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
   bury; forget.
   
   • I tried to bury these unpleasant memories

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