📒 to place a dead body in the ground
- bury somebody/something They killed her and buried her body.
- bury somebody/something + adv./prep. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
- (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
📒 to lose somebody by death
- She's 85 and has buried three husbands.
📒 to hide something in the ground
- bury something We used to dig for hours, looking for buried treasure.
- They plan to bury a time capsule containing work from every child in the school.
- bury something + adv./prep. The dog had buried its bone in the garden.
📒 to cover somebody/something with soil, rocks, leaves, etc.
- bury somebody/something A landslide buried about 25 people yesterday.
- bury somebody/something + adv./prep. The house was buried under ten feet of snow.
- Another vehicle was found buried under rubble.
📒 to cover something so that it cannot be seen
- Your letter got buried under a pile of papers.
- He buried his face in his hands and wept.
📒 to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc.
- She had learnt to bury her feelings.
- her deeply buried pain
- What secrets lie buried in the past?
📒 to put something deeply into something else
- He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets.
- She always has her head buried in a book.
📒 to stop not being friendly and become friends again
- After not speaking to each other for years, the two brothers decided to bury the hatchet.
📒 to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it
📒 to give the most important point of a news story near the end instead of at the beginning
- Unfortunately, he buried the lede in the last paragraph of the story.