bury

Meaning

Verb

1. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
2. (figuratively, humorous, transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
3. (transitive) To place in the ground.
4. (figuratively, often, transitive) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
5. (figuratively, often, transitive) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
6. (broadly, figuratively, often, transitive) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
7. (figuratively, transitive) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
8. (figuratively, transitive) To put an end to; to abandon.
9. (transitive) To score (a goal).
10. (slang, transitive) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.

Noun

A burrow.

Noun

A borough; a manor

Synonyms

inter

entomb

plant

🌱

hide

conceal

cover

lay to rest

cover up

inhume

embed

cover with earth

secrete

forget

swallow

cache

sink

dissemble

cover with soil

swallow up

place in

burial

immerse

eat up

enclose

imbed

root

cloud

☁️

brace

clap

👏

cluster

clamour

boar

🐗

battery

🔋

circle

⭕

chowder

block up

cartload

dissimulate

block

barren

ascension

dig into

busyness

dig in

depose

business

bike

🚲

draw a blank

drift

cram

Translations

enterrer

enterrar

seppellire

begraben

begraven

enterrar

sotterrare

ensevelir

beerdigen

vergraben

inhumer

sepultar

θάβω

bestatten

enfouir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɛɹ.i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: burien

Inherited from Old English: byrġan

Cognate with Icelandic: byrgja

Cognate with Western Frisian: bergje

Cognate with German: bergen

Cognate with Danish: bjerge

Cognate with Lithuanian: bir̃ginti

Cognate with Russian: бере́чь

Cognate with Ossetic: ӕмбӕрзын

In summary

Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”).
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.