bury  

Thesaurus for bury

• verb
  • synonyms
    • entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest, immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up, sink, forget, close in, conceal, deposit, embed, enclose, engraft, fix, hide, imbed, implant, inclose, lay, plant, posit, put down, repose, shut in, situate  
  • antonyms
    • remember  

Pronunciation of bury: B EH1 R IY0 ('bɛri)

Number of syllables of bury: 2

Definition of bury

• (v): dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"  
• (v): place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"  
• (v): embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"  
• (v): enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"  
• (v): cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"  
• (v): 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"  

Examples of bury

• Bury the remains at a crossroad.  
• Bury the hatchet on both sides of the misunderstanding.  
• He instructed the town to bury him next to the miser upon his own death.  
• I apologized for my part in the exchange and tried to bury the hatchet.  
• Bury was the founder of the Ludlow Choral Society.  
• They either bury their dead or consign them to the flow of the rivers.  
• I will take the snail and bury it in the garden.  
• The Greek and the Trojans make a truce to bury the dead.  
• The Thebans go out to survey the slaughter and bury the dead.  
• They went to the scene of the massacre to bury the dead and avenge their death.