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 (bür′yən). During Middle English times this (ü) sound changed, but with different results in different regions of England: to (o͝o) as in put in the Midlands, to (ĭ) as in pit in southern England, or to (ĕ) as in pet in southeast England. London was located in the East Midlands dialect zone, but because of 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 (o͝o), 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), (ĭ).
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"
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"
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"
5.forget, break with, draw a veil over, think no more of, consign to oblivion, put in the past, not give another thought toIt is time to bury our past misunderstandings.
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 liegtor ist er begraben?; (in cemetery also) → wo liegt er?; to bury somebody at sea → jdn auf Seebestatten(geh), → jdm ein Seemannsgrab geben; he is dead and buried → er ist schon langetot; that’s all dead and buried(fig) → das ist schon langepassé(inf); she has buried three husbands(fig) → sie hat schon drei Männerbegraben(inf); buried by an avalanche → von einer Lawineverschüttetorbegraben; to be buried in work(fig) → bis zumHals in Arbeitstecken; to bury one’s head in the sand(fig) → den Kopfin denSandstecken
[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
1. to place (a dead body) in a grave, the sea etc. begrawe يَدْفِنُ погребвам enterrar pohřbít begraben begrave θάβωenterrar 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 begravenbegrave, gravleggepochować خښول، خاوروته سپارل 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 esconder zahrabat verbergen gemme sig under κρύβω, θάβωesconder matma, peitma پنهان کردن piilottaa enfouir לִטמוֹן छिपाना zamenuti elás menyembunyikan grafa, fela sotterrare 埋める 감추다 (pa)slėpti, užkasti paslēpt; aprakt timbus verbergengjemme under noeschować, zakopać پټ کول 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
ˈburial noun
(an instance of) burying (a dead body) in a grave etc. my grandfather's burial: (also adjective) a burial service. begrafnis دَفْن погребение enterro pohřeb(ní) das Begräbnis begravelse ενταφιασμόςentierro matus مراسم خاک سپاری hautaus enterrementקבר दफन, शव कक्ष pokop temetés penguburan jarðarför, greftrun sepoltura 埋葬 매장 laidotuvės bēres; apbedīšana; bēru- pengebumian begrafenis, begrafenis- begravelse, gravlegging; gravferdpogrzeb د خښولو مراسم enterro (de) înmormântare похороны; ритуальныи 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 fazer as pazes zakopat válečnou sekeru das Kriegsbeil begraben begrave stridsøksen 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 صلح کول 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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