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Bury   /bˈɛri/   Listen
Bury

verb
(past & past part. buried; pres. part. burying)
1.
Cover from sight.
2.
Place in a grave or tomb.  Synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest.  "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids" , "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
3.
Place in the earth and cover with soil.
4.
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.  Synonyms: eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up.
5.
Embed deeply.  Synonym: sink.  "He buried his head in her lap"
6.
Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.  Synonym: forget.





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"Bury" Quotes from Famous Books



... very deeply moved by the tidings. "He wanted to save us, and therefore must die! The burden was too heavy, the pillar has broken under the weight; the temple will plunge down and bury us beneath its ruins, if we do not hasten to save ourselves! Mirabeau's bequest was his counsel to speedy and secret flight! We must follow his advice, we must remove from Paris. May the spirit of Mirabeau enlighten the heart of the king, that he may be willing to do what is necessary,—that ...
— Marie Antoinette And Her Son • Louise Muhlbach
... would say, to bury herself here with Monsieur Gaston de Nueil, you would say," replied the daughter of the Colonnas. "She is only a Frenchwoman; I am an Italian, my ...
— Albert Savarus • Honore de Balzac
... the name of that old fellow," said Mr. Maxwell, abruptly, "who had a beautiful swan that came every day for fifteen years, to bury its head in his bosom and feed from his hand, and would go ...
— Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography of a Dog • by Marshall Saunders
... to bury their dead either at dawn or after dusk, and a special clause of the decree fixed the number of persons who might attend a funeral ...
— Massacres Of The South (1551-1815) - Celebrated Crimes • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... the cannon, the sighing of the shot, the groans of the wounded, the dark shades of approaching evening, all conspired to render the scene one of intense gloom. They longed for the approaching night to close around them in order that they might bury the dead, and flee to the wilderness ...
— Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) • Various


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