bury

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to dismiss from the mind

   I buried the thought.

2. 2
   verb

   to place in the earth and cover with soil

   We planned to bury the time capsule in the backyard.

3. 3
   verb

   to embed deeply

   The force buried the splinter in my skin.

4. 4
   verb

   to enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

   Let's bury the issue.

5. 5
   verb

   to cover from sight

   The dog buried its bone in the yard.

6. 6
   verb

   to place in a grave or tomb

   We buried our loved one in the cemetery.

7. 7
   verb

   To place in the ground.

   bury a bone; bury the embers

8. 8
   verb

   To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

   She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.

Etymology

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…