bury

[US]/ˈberi/
[UK]/ˈberi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. inter, conceal, immerse

Phrases & Collocations

buried alive

bury a secret

bury the hatchet

bury a body

bury the past

bury a treasure

Example Sentences

They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.

he said that socialism would bury capitalism.

the grim task of burying the victims of the earthquake.

Where did you bury his body?

The old man is burying his money.

It's time to bury our differences and be friends again.

She willed herself to bury her past.

he ran through to bury a right-foot shot inside the near post.

Will the time never come when we may honorably bury the hatchet?

Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them.

Stop burying your head in the sand, Tim. Don't pretend that everything’s all right.

The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.

They can asphyxiate you, burn you, bury you alive, or crush you under debris.

We used to bury radishes under the soil to keep fresh and dig them up in time of need.

I’ve said I’m prepared to bury the hatchet, but John says he won’t forgive me for what happened.

The crymotherapy, the acupuncture point bury the line, the needle long time, the laser, the micrite to rub the skin and so on to belong to the physiotherapy.

The Hindu caste system forces 15 percent of India's population to do jobs deemed “unclean”—anything that involves contact with bodily fluids, such as leatherwork and laundry or burying the dead.

Real-world Examples

Maybe he could be buried in a different suit.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

Did you at least have the decency to bury him?

Source: Dunkirk Selection

Oh, maybe the treasure's buried near it.

Source: The Growth History of a Little Princess

The map indicates where the treasure is buried.

Source: Rachel's Classroom: 30-Day Check-in with 105 Words (Including Translations)

That lady knows where the bodies are buried.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

It must have been buried for a reason.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

That is often where the dirtiest secrets are buried.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Perrault found one with head buried in the grub-box.

Source: The Call of the Wild

They call procrastination the grave where opportunity is buried.

Source: Harvard Business Review

There are many houses that have been buried here.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

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