bury

CEFRA2

/ˈbɛɹi/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To put a dead person or something under the ground.

  2. 02

    verb

    To hide something deeply or completely.

Examples

  • Let's bury the hatchet and be friends again!

  • Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /-ɾi/
  • /ˈbeɹiː/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To place in the ground.

  2. To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

  3. To kill or murder.

More examples

In context

  • She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.

  • Dogs often bury bones.

  • We will bury you.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After the funeral, the family will carefully blank the casket in the ground.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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).