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- [ber-ee]
- /ˈbɛr i/
- /ˈberi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ber-ee]
- /ˈbɛr i/
Definitions of bury word
- verb bury To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. 3
- verb bury To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth. 3
- verb bury If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died. 3
- verb bury If you bury something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it. 3
- verb bury If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way. 3
- verb bury If you bury your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy. 3
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Origin of bury
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English berien, buryen, Old English byrgan to bury, conceal; akin to Old English beorgan to hide, protect, preserve; cognate with Dutch, German bergen, Gothic bairgan, Old Norse bjarga
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Parts of speech for Bury
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bury popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bury
verb bury
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- deposit — A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
- inter — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inhume — to bury; inter.
- mummify — to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
Antonyms for bury
verb bury
- disinter — to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- dig out — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
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