bury

Verbs

• (v) cover from sight
  • Afghani women buried under their burkas
• (v) 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,
• (v) place in the earth and cover with soil
  • They buried the stolen goods
• (v) 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,
• (v) embed deeply
  • She sank her fingers into the soft sand
  • He buried his head in her lap
  sink,
• (v) dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
  • I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
  forget,

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