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Definitions for Bury

[1] to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
[2] to put (a corpse) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony: They buried the sailor with full military honors.
[3] to plunge in deeply; cause to sink in: to bury an arrow in a target.
[4] to cover in order to conceal from sight: She buried the card in the deck.
[5] to immerse (oneself): He buried himself in his work.
[6] to put out of one's mind: to bury an insult.
[7] to consign to obscurity; cause to appear insignificant by assigning to an unimportant location, position, etc.: Her name was buried in small print at the end of the book.
[8] Nautical . housing1(def 8a, b) .
[9] bury one's head in the sand , to avoid reality; ignore the facts of a situation: You cannot continue to bury your head in the sand—you must learn to face facts.
[10] bury the hatchet , to become reconciled or reunited.
[11] to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter
[12] to place in the earth and cover with soil
[13] to lose through death
[14] to cover from sight; hide
[15] to embed; sink to bury a nail in plaster
[16] to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross to be buried in a book
[17] to dismiss from the mind; abandon to bury old hatreds
[18] bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled
[19] bury one's head in the sand to refuse to face a problem
[20] a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop: 60 178 (2001)
[21] a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 181 900 (2003 est). Area: 99 sq km (38 sq miles)

Words related to Bury

plant, entomb, deposit, hide, stash, embed, sink, submerge, enshrine, embalm, inter, inhume, mummify, occult, screen, cache, enshroud, shroud, ensconce, secrete

Words nearby Bury

buru, burundi, burundian, burushaski, burweed, bury, bury one's head in the sand, bury st edmunds, bury st. edmunds, bury the hatchet, buryat

Origin of Bury

before 1000; Middle English berien, buryen, Old English byrgan to bury, conceal; akin to Old English beorgan to hide, protect, preserve; cognate with Dutch, German bergen, Gothic bairgan, Old Norse bjarga

Words that may be confused with Bury

Barry, berry, bury

Other words from Bury

half-bur·ied , adjective
re·bur·y , verb (used with object), re·bur·ied, re·bur·y·ing.
un·bur·ied , adjective
well-bur·ied , adjective

Word origin for Bury

Old English byrgan to bury, hide; related to Old Norse bjarga to save, preserve, Old English beorgan to defend

Synonyms for Bury

deposit, entomb, plant, embalm, enshrine, inhume, inter, mummify, consign to grave, cover up, ensepulcher, hold last rites for, hold services for, inearth, inurn, lay out, put away, put six feet under, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb