bury

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To place a dead body in the ground or a tomb.

   They buried their grandmother in the family cemetery.

2. 2
   verb

   To put something in the ground and cover it with soil.

   We buried a time capsule in the school garden.

3. 3
   verb

   To hide something by covering it, or to press it deeply into something.

   She buried her face in her hands and cried.

4. 4
   verb

   To try to forget a feeling or thought and not think about it.

   He buried his anger and tried to stay calm.

Common collocations

• bury one's face Verb + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bury Middle English birien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“t…

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