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Antonyms for bury

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ber-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛr i


Definition of bury

Origin :
  • Old English byrgan "to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter," akin to beorgan "to shelter," from Proto-Germanic *burzjan- "protection, shelter" (cf. Old Saxon bergan, Dutch bergen, Old Norse bjarga, Swedish berga, Old High German bergan "protect, shelter, conceal," German bergen, Gothic bairgan "to save, preserve"), from PIE root *bhergh- "protect, preserve" (cf. Old Church Slavonic brego "I preserve, guard"). Related: Buried; burying. Burying-ground "cemetery" attested from 1711.
  • The Old English -y- was a short "oo" sound, like modern French -u-. Under normal circumstances it transformed into Modern English -i- (e.g. bridge, kiss, listen, sister), but in bury and a few other words (e.g. merry, knell) it retained a Kentish change to "e" that took place in the late Old English period. In the West Midlands, meanwhile, the Old English -y- sound persisted, slightly modified over time, giving the standard modern pronunciation of blush, much, church.
  • verb lay to rest after death
  • verb conceal, cover
  • verb plant in ground
  • verb engross oneself
Example sentences :
  • Also you will bury a bottle containing report of your proceedings.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Shot a damn cock pheasant by mistake, and had to bury the thing in my own covers.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The dead or who would might bury the dead; he must go to the living!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He'd hide me somewhere outside the city, he'd bury alive the most lovely of women.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Or s'pose he had it in mind to fill in that low land, so 't we could bury there!
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • He sent it to her own room, to which she had hastened to bury her emotions.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • You say you're willing to bury the tomahawk; do you mean it?
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • The men of the valley stayed only long enough to bury their own dead.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • "I just saw them bury Saunders," Good Indian remarked, by way of opening a conversation.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • The Greenlanders bury with a child a dog, for they say a dog will find his way anywhere.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

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