Bury

Bur·y  (br)

A borough of northwest England north-northwest of Manchester. Population: 60,700.

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bur·y  (br)

tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies

1. To place in the ground: bury a bone.

2.

a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter.

b. To dispose of (a corpse) ritualistically by means other than interment or cremation.

3. To conceal by or as if by covering over with earth; hide: buried her face in the pillow; buried the secret deep within himself.

4. To occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb: buried myself in my studies.

5. To put an end to; abandon: buried their quarrel and shook hands.

Idiom:

bury the hatchet

To stop fighting; resolve a quarrel.

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[Middle English burien, from Old English byrgan; see bhergh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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buri·er n.

Word History: Why does bury rhyme with berry and not with jury? The answer goes back to early English times. The late Old English form of the verb bury was byrgan, pronounced approximately (büryn). During Middle English times this (ü) sound changed, but with different results in different regions of England: to () as in put in the Midlands, to () as in pit in southern England, or to () as in pet in southeast England. London is located in the East Midlands, but because of its central location and its status as the capital, its East Midlands dialect was influenced by southern (Saxon) and southeastern (Kentish) dialects. The normal East Midlands development of (ü) was (), spelled u. Because scribes from the East Midlands pronounced the word with this vowel they tended to spell the word with a u, and this spelling became standard when spellings were fixed after the introduction of printing. The word's pronunciation, however, is southeastern. Bury is the only word in Modern English with a Midlands spelling and a southeastern pronunciation. Similarly, the word busy, from Old English bysig, bisig, and its verb bysgian, bisgian, "to employ," is spelled with the East Midlands dialect u, but pronounced with the southern (Saxon) development of (ü), ().

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bury [ˈbɛrɪ]

vb buries, burying, buried (tr)

1. to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter

2. to place in the earth and cover with soil

3. to lose through death

4. to cover from sight; hide

5. to embed; sink to bury a nail in plaster

6. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross to be buried in a book

7. to dismiss from the mind; abandon to bury old hatreds

bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled

bury one's head in the sand to refuse to face a problem

[Old English byrgan to bury, hide; related to Old Norse bjarga to save, preserve, Old English beorgan to defend]

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Bury [ˈbɛrɪ]

n

1. (Placename) a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop.: 62 633 (1991)

2. (Placename) a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop.: 180 612 (2001). Area: 99 sq. km (38 sq. miles)

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Bury a burrow of conies; rabbits collectively.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bury - cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
	2.	bury - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest lay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
	3.	bury - place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" posit, situate, deposit, fix - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
	4.	bury - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" swallow up, eat up, immerse, swallow inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
	5.	bury - embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" sink embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" countersink, set - insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
	6.	bury - dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" forget unlearn - try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge repress, suppress - put out of one's consciousness

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bury

verb

1. inter, lay to rest, entomb, sepulchre, consign to the grave, inearth, inhume, inurn soldiers who helped to bury the dead
inter unearth, dig up, exhume, disinter, turn up, dredge up

2. hide, cover, conceal, stash (informal), secrete, cache, stow away She buried it under some leaves.
hide find, reveal, discover, expose, turn up, uncover, dredge up, bring to light

3. sink, embed, immerse, enfold She buried her face in the pillows.

4. embed, sink, implant, drive in, submerge The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside.

5. forget, break with, draw a veil over, think no more of, consign to oblivion, put in the past, not give another thought to It is time to bury our past misunderstandings.

6. engross, involve, occupy, interest, busy, engage, absorb, preoccupy, immerse His reaction was to withdraw, to bury himself in work.

Translations

bury [ˈberɪ] VT

1. [+ body, treasure] → enterrar (fig) [+ memory, matter] → echar tierra sobre
buried by an avalanche → sepultado por una avalancha
he wanted to be buried at sea → quería que su cadáver fuera arrojado al mar
to be buried alive → ser enterrado vivo
to bury the hatchet; bury the tomahawk (US) → enterrar el hacha de guerra

2. (= conceal) he buried his face in his hands → escondió la cara entre las manos
it's buried away in the library → está en algún rincón de la biblioteca
to bury o.s. in the country → perderse en la campiña
the bullet buried itself in a tree → la bala se empotró en un árbol

3. (= engross) buried in thought → ensimismado, absorto en sus pensamientos
she buried herself in her book → se ensimismó en la lectura, se enfrascó en el libro

4. (= plunge) [+ claws, knife] → clavar (in en) to bury a dagger in sb's heart → clavar un puñal en el corazón de algn

5. (Sport) (= defeat) → aplastar

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bury [ˈbɛri] vt

(= inter) [+ dead person, animal] → enterrer
to bury o.s. in one's work (= absorb) → se plonger dans le travail

(= put under ground) [+ treasure, bone] → enterrer
to bury the hatchet (= make peace) → enterrer la hache de guerre

(= cover over) [avalanche] → ensevelir

(= hide) to bury one's face in one's hands → se couvrir le visage de ses mains
to bury one's head in the sand → pratiquer la politique de l'autruche

(in journalism) to bury a story → enterrer une histoire

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bury

vt

person, animal, possessions, differences → begraben; (with ceremony also) → beerdigen, bestatten (geh); (= hide in earth) treasure, bones → vergraben; (= put in earth) end of post, roots → eingraben; where is he buried? → wo liegt or ist er begraben?; (in cemetery also) → wo liegt er?; to bury somebody at sea → jdn auf See bestatten (geh), → jdm ein Seemannsgrab geben; he is dead and buried → er ist schon lange tot; that’s all dead and buried (fig) → das ist schon lange passé (inf); she has buried three husbands (fig) → sie hat schon drei Männer begraben (inf); buried by an avalanche → von einer Lawine verschüttet or begraben; to be buried in work (fig) → bis zum Hals in Arbeit stecken; to bury one’s head in the sand (fig) → den Kopf in den Sand stecken

(= conceal) one’s face → verbergen; to bury one’s face in one’s hands → das Gesicht in den Händen vergraben; to bury oneself under the blankets/(away) in the country → sich unter den Decken/auf dem Land vergraben; a village buried in the heart of the country → ein im Landesinnern versteckt gelegenes Dorf

(= put, plunge) hands, fingers → vergraben (→ in in +dat); claws, teeth → schlagen (→ in in +acc); dagger → stoßen (→ in in +acc)

(= engross) to bury oneself in one’s books → sich in seinen Büchern vergraben

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bury [berɪ] vt (body, treasure) → seppellire; (plunge, claws, knife) to bury (in) → affondare (in)
he buried his face in his hands → si coprì il volto con le mani
buried by an avalanche → travolto/a da una valanga
to bury the hatchet (fig) → seppellire l'ascia di guerra
to bury one's head in the sand (fig) → fare (la politica del)lo struzzo

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bury [berɪ] vt (body, treasure) → seppellire; (plunge, claws, knife) to bury (in) → affondare (in)
he buried his face in his hands → si coprì il volto con le mani
buried by an avalanche → travolto/a da una valanga
to bury the hatchet (fig) → seppellire l'ascia di guerra
to bury one's head in the sand (fig) → fare (la politica del)lo struzzo

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bury

v bury [ˈberi]

1 to place (a dead body) in a grave, the sea etc. begrawe يَدْفِنُ погребвам pohřbít begrave begraben θάβω enterrar matma به خاک سپردن؛ دفن کردن haudata enterrer לִקבוֹר दफनाना pokopati (el)temet mengubur grafa seppellire 埋葬する 파묻다 (pa)laidoti apglabāt; apbedīt tanam begraven begrave, gravlegge pochować enterrar a îngropa хоронить pochovať pokopati sahraniti begrava ฝังศพ gömmek, defnetmek 掩埋(屍體) ховати دفن کرنا chôn cất 掩埋（尸体）

2 to hide (under the ground etc) My socks are buried somewhere in this drawer. verberg يُخفي، يخبّئ، يَطْمُرُ заравям zahrabat gemme sig under verbergen κρύβω, θάβω (μτφ.) esconder matma, peitma پنهان کردن piilottaa enfouir לִטמוֹן छिपाना zamenuti elás menyembunyikan grafa, fela sotterrare 埋める 감추다 (pa)slėpti, užkasti paslēpt; aprakt timbus verbergen gjemme under noe schować, zakopać esconder a ascunde зарывать; прятать zahrabať zakopati sakriti gräva ner ฝัง (อยู่ใต้) gizlemek, gömmek 埋藏 ховати چھپے ہوئے ، پو شیدہ giấu đi 埋藏

n burial

(an instance of) burying (a dead body) in a grave etc my grandfather's burial: (also adjective ) a burial service. begrafnis دَفْن погребение pohřeb(ní) begravelse das Begräbnis ενταφιασμός entierro matus مراسم خاک سپاری hautaus (d')enterrement קֶבֶר दफन, शव कक्ष pokop temetés penguburan jarðarför, greftrun sepoltura 埋葬 매장 laidotuvės bēres; apbedīšana; bēru- pengebumian begrafenis, begrafenis- begravelse, gravlegging; gravferd pogrzeb enterro (de) în­mor­mântare похороны; ритуальный pohreb; pohrebný pogreb, pogreben sahrana begravning งานศพ gömme, defin 埋葬 похорон; похоронний دفنانے کا عمل việc chôn cất 埋葬

bury the hatchet

to stop quarrelling Let's bury the hatchet and be friends. vrede maak يَدْفِنُ الأحْقاد، يَفُضُّ النِّزاع، يَعْقِدُ صُلْحا заравям томахавката zakopat válečnou sekeru begrave stridsøksen das Kriegsbeil begraben συμφιλιώνομαι enterrar el hacha de guerra sõjakirvest maha matma صلح کردن haudata sotakirves enterrer la hache de guerre לְהַפְסִיק וִיכּוּח मतभेद खत्म करना zakopati sjekiru elássa a csatabárdot menghentikan pertengkaran semja um frið seppellire l'ascia di guerra 仲直りする 화해하다 susitaikyti salīgt mieru berhenti bergaduh de strijdbijl begraven begrave stridsøksen, slutte å krangle zawrzeć pokój fazer as pazes a îngropa secu­rea războiului заключить мир zakopať vojnovú sekeru zakopati bojno sekiro zakopati ratnu sekiru gräva ner stridsyxan เลิกโต้เถียง kavgaya son vermek 停止爭吵 укласти мир جھگڑا ، دشمنی ختم کرنا làm lành 制止争吵

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Bury → يَدفِن pohřbít begrave begraben θάβω enterrar haudata enterrer pokopati sotterrare 埋葬する 파묻다 begraven begrave zakopać enterrar хоронить begrava ฝัง gömmek chôn 掩埋