bury
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
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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).
Inflected forms:
form: buries
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: burying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: buried
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: buried
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
slang
transitive
gloss: To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
humorous
transitive
examples: Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!
gloss: To place in the ground.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: bury a bone; bury the embers
Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree.
gloss: To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
often
transitive
examples: 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.
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
The Thai government has been trying to bury the memory of the revolution that gave birth to democracy in Thailand.
gloss: To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
often
transitive
examples: vocals buried in the mix
gloss: To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
figuratively
often
transitive
examples: They buried us in paperwork.
Beyond the daily firefighting, these managers and executives are overwhelmed in details and buried in administrative work
We live in an age when people are buried with information and nobody knows anything
gloss: To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: secrets kept buried
She buried her shame and put on a smiling face.
gloss: To put an end to; to abandon.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: They buried their argument and shook hands.
Give me a bowl of wine. / In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
gloss: To score (a goal).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.
gloss: To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
Related words: burian
Derived words: 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
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: begrawe
lang: Albanian
word: varros
lang: Albanian
word: gropos
lang: Amharic
word: ቀበረ
roman: qabbara
lang: Arabic
word: دَفَنَ
roman: dafana
lang: Arabic
word: قَبَرَ
roman: qabara
lang: Arabic
word: دفن
roman: dafan
lang: Arabic
word: دفن
roman: difan
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ
roman: qawer
lang: Argobba
word: ቀበራ
roman: qabarā
lang: Armenian
word: թաղել
roman: tʻaġel
lang: Aromanian
word: ngrop
lang: Aromanian
word: murmintedz
lang: Aromanian
word: ngrupiljedz
lang: Assamese
word: পোত
roman: püt
lang: Assamese
word: কবৰ দে
roman: kobor de
lang: Azerbaijani
word: basdırmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəfn etmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: torpağa tapşırmaq
lang: Bangi
word: kunda
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡуйыу
roman: quyıw
lang: Bashkir
word: ерләү
roman: yerləw
lang: Belarusian
word: хава́ць
roman: xavácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: пахава́ць
roman: paxavácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: харані́ць
roman: xaranícʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: пахарані́ць
roman: paxaranícʹ
lang: Bengali
word: পোঁতা
roman: pō̃ta
lang: Bengali
word: মাটি দেওয়া
roman: maṭi deōẇa
lang: Bengali
word: গোর দেওয়া
roman: gōr deōẇa
lang: Breton
word: beziañ
lang: Breton
word: douarañ
lang: Bulgarian
word: погре́бвам
roman: pogrébvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: погреба́
roman: pogrebá
lang: Burmese
word: မြှုပ်နှံ
roman: hmruphnam
lang: Burmese
word: မြှုပ်
roman: hmrup
lang: Burmese
word: မြေချ
roman: mrehkya.
lang: Catalan
word: enterrar
lang: Catalan
word: sepultar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᏂᏏᎭ
roman: ganisiha
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 埋葬
roman: máizàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 埋
roman: mái
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 下葬
roman: xiàzàng
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: udziha
lang: Czech
word: pohřbívat
lang: Czech
word: pohřbít
lang: Danish
word: begrave
lang: Dutch
word: begraven
lang: Esperanto
word: enterigi
lang: Estonian
word: matma
lang: Faroese
word: jarða
lang: Finnish
word: haudata
lang: French
word: enterrer
lang: French
word: ensevelir
lang: North Frisian
word: begreew
lang: Galician
word: enterrar
lang: Galician
word: soterrar
lang: Ge'ez
word: ቀበረ
roman: ḳäbärä
lang: Georgian
word: დამარხვა
roman: damarxva
lang: Georgian
word: დაკრძალვა
roman: daḳrʒalva
lang: German
word: beerdigen
lang: German
word: begraben
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽
roman: ganawistrōn
lang: Greek
word: θάβω
roman: thávo
lang: Greek
word: ενταφιάζω
roman: entafiázo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θάπτω
roman: tháptō
lang: Haitian Creole
word: antere
lang: Hebrew
word: קָבַר
roman: kavár
lang: Higaonon
word: lubong
lang: Hiligaynon
word: lubong
lang: Hindi
word: गाड़ना
roman: gāṛnā
lang: Hindi
word: दफ़नाना
roman: dafnānā
lang: Hindi
word: दफ़न करना
roman: dafan karnā
lang: White Hmong
word: faus
lang: Hungarian
word: temet
lang: Icelandic
word: grafa
lang: Ingrian
word: havvata
lang: Ingrian
word: koopata
lang: Irish
word: cuir
lang: Irish
word: cuir san uaigh
lang: Irish
word: adhlaic
lang: Italian
word: seppellire
lang: Italian
word: inumare
lang: Italian
word: sotterrare
lang: Ivatan
word: ilaveng
lang: Japanese
word: 葬る
roman: hōmuru
lang: Japanese
word: 埋葬する
roman: maisō suru
lang: Kazakh
word: көму
roman: kömu
lang: Kazakh
word: жерлеу
roman: jerleu
lang: Khmer
word: កប់
roman: kɑp
lang: Khmer
word: បង្កប់
roman: bɑɑbɑngkɑp
lang: Korean
word: 묻다
roman: mutda
lang: Korean
word: 매장하다
roman: maejanghada
lang: Kyrgyz
word: көмүү
roman: kömüü
lang: Lao
word: ຝັງ
roman: fang
lang: Latin
word: sepeliō
lang: Latin
word: tumulō
lang: Latin
word: humō
lang: Latvian
word: apbedīt
lang: Latvian
word: apglabāt
lang: Lingala
word: kunda
lang: Lithuanian
word: palaidoti
lang: Low German
word: begrawen
lang: Macedonian
word: погребува
roman: pogrebuva
lang: Macedonian
word: погребе
roman: pogrebe
lang: Malay
word: kubur
lang: Western Bukidnon Manobo
word: leveng
lang: Marathi
word: गाडणे
roman: gāḍṇe
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: antere
lang: Middle English
word: graven
lang: Middle English
word: birien
lang: Mongo
word: kunda
lang: Mongolian
word: оршуулах
roman: oršuulax
lang: Mongolian
word: булшлах
roman: bulšlax
lang: Norman
word: entèrrer
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: begrave
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: gravlegge
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: gravleggja
lang: Persian
word: دفن کردن
roman: dafn kardan
lang: Persian
word: نگندن
roman: negandan
lang: Polish
word: chować
lang: Polish
word: pochować
lang: Polish
word: grzebać
lang: Polish
word: pogrzebać
lang: Portuguese
word: enterrar
lang: Portuguese
word: sepultar
lang: Portuguese
word: inumar
lang: Quechua
word: p'ampay
lang: Romanian
word: îngropa
lang: Romanian
word: înmormânta
lang: Romanian
word: înhuma
lang: Russian
word: хорони́ть
roman: xoronítʹ
lang: Russian
word: похорони́ть
roman: poxoronítʹ
lang: Russian
word: погреба́ть
roman: pogrebátʹ
lang: Russian
word: погрести́
roman: pogrestí
lang: Saho
word: oocoge
lang: Samoan
word: tanu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сахрањи́вати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сахра́нити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sahranjívati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sahrániti
lang: Slovak
word: zahrabať
lang: Slovak
word: pochovať
lang: Slovene
word: pokopavati
lang: Slovene
word: pokopati
lang: Spanish
word: enterrar
lang: Spanish
word: dar sepultura
lang: Spanish
word: sepultar
lang: Swedish
word: begrava
lang: Tagalog
word: libing
lang: Tagalog
word: maglibing
lang: Tagalog
word: ilibing
lang: Tajik
word: дафн кардан
roman: dafn kardan
lang: Tatar
word: күмәргә
roman: kümärgä
lang: Tausug
word: kubul
lang: Ternate
word: woto
lang: Tetum
word: taman
lang: Thai
word: ฝัง
roman: fǎng
lang: Turkish
word: defnetmek
lang: Turkish
word: gömmek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كوممك
roman: gömmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: хова́ти
roman: xováty
lang: Ukrainian
word: похова́ти
roman: poxováty
lang: Ukrainian
word: хорони́ти
roman: xoronýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: похорони́ти
roman: poxoronýty
lang: Urdu
word: دَفَن کَرنا
roman: dafan karnā
lang: Urdu
word: گاڑْنا
roman: gāṛnā
lang: Urdu
word: دَفْنانا
roman: dafnānā
lang: Uyghur
word: كۆممەك
roman: kömmek
lang: Uyghur
word: دەپنە قىلماق
roman: depne qilmaq
lang: Uzbek
word: dafn qilmoq
lang: Uzbek
word: koʻmmoq
lang: Vietnamese
word: chôn
lang: Vietnamese
word: mai táng
lang: Volapük
word: sepülön
lang: Welsh
word: claddu
lang: Yakut
word: көм
roman: köm
lang: Yiddish
word: באַגראָבן
roman: bagrobn
lang: Arabic
word: دَفَنَ
roman: dafana
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ
roman: qawer
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ört-basdır etmək
lang: Bulgarian
word: затрупвам
roman: zatrupvam
lang: Catalan
word: enterrar
lang: Dutch
word: begraven
lang: Finnish
word: haudata
lang: Finnish
word: hukuttaa
lang: French
word: enterrer
lang: Galician
word: soterrar
lang: German
word: vergraben
lang: Italian
word: sotterrare
lang: Italian
word: nascondere
lang: Italian
word: sprofondare
lang: Latin
word: dēfodiō
lang: Malay
word: kubur
lang: Norman
word: entèrrer
lang: Polish
word: zakopywać
lang: Polish
word: zakopać
lang: Portuguese
word: enterrar
lang: Quechua
word: p'ampakuy
lang: Russian
word: пря́тать
roman: prjátatʹ
lang: Russian
word: спря́тать
roman: sprjátatʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zakopavati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zakopati
lang: Swedish
word: begrava
lang: Swedish
word: gömma
lang: Tagalog
word: madumog
lang: Tagalog
word: idumog
lang: Turkish
word: saklamak