Synonyms for bury
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ber-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛr i |
Top 10 synonyms for bury Other synonyms for the word bury
- concentrate
- consign to grave
- cover up
- drive in
- embalm
- engage
- engulf
- ensconce
- ensepulcher
- enshrine
- enshroud
- hold last rites for
- hold services for
- immerse
- implant
- inearth
- inhume
- inter
- interest
- inurn
- lay out
- mummify
- occult
- occupy
- put away
- put six feet under
- rivet
- screen
- secrete
- sepulcher
- sepulture
- shroud
- stow away
- throw oneself into
- tomb
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for bury
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