bury

verb

/ˈbɛɹi/US/ˈbeɹiː/

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 (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects. Compare typologically Russian хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) (akin to храни́ть (xranítʹ).

derived from *bʰergʰ-✻
inherited from *burgijaną✻
inherited from *burgijan✻
inherited from byrġan
inherited from birien

Definitions

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
2
To place in the ground.
- bury a bone; bury the embers
- Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree.
3
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.
- The splinter has buried itself under the nail.
- The information I need is buried behind needless details.
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1. 4
  To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
  - secrets kept buried
  - She buried her shame and put on a smiling face.
2. 5
  To put an end to
  To put an end to; to abandon.
  - They buried their argument and shook hands.
  - Give me a bowl of wine. / In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
3. 6
  To score (a goal).
  - You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.
4. To ruin the image or character of another wrestler
  To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
5. 8
  A burrow.
  - Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.
  - The conies had hundreds of buries under these trees, so close together that the problem was not to find a rabbit, but to find a rabbit far enough away from its hole.
6. 9
  A borough
  A borough; a manor
  - Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury, Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic
7. A place in England
  A place in England:
8. A village in Péruwelz municipality, Hainaut province, Belgium.
9. A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
10. A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region,…
  A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
11. A habitational surname from Old English.

The neighborhood

neighborburian

Derived

bebury, buriable, burial, burier, buryable, burying beetle, bury one's head in the sand, bury the hatchet, bury the lead, bury the lede, bury your gays, carry me out and bury me decently, know where the bodies are buried, rebury, the box they're going to bury it in, unbury, underbury

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bury. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at bury. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at bury

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA