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- pronunciation:
- be
ri
- phrases:
- bury one's head in the sand
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Homophone Note, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
buries, burying, buried |
definition 1: |
to cover in the ground with dirt.
He buried his money in the back yard.
- synonyms:
- sink
- antonyms:
- exhume
- similar words:
- plant
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definition 2: |
to put (a dead body) in a grave or tomb, or in the sea.
- synonyms:
- entomb, inter
- antonyms:
- disinter, exhume
- similar words:
- inhume, sepulcher, sink
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definition 3: |
to cover completely, or hide far from view.
The calculator was buried under a stack of papers.The editor buried the story in the back pages of the newspaper.He buried his face in his hands.- antonyms:
- disinter
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definition 4: |
to imbed deeply.
She buried her arrow in the target.- synonyms:
- sink
- antonyms:
- extract
- similar words:
- submerge
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definition 5: |
to engross (oneself) completely.
The novelist buried herself in her writing.- synonyms:
- absorb, engross, immerse
- similar words:
- involve
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definition 6: |
to overlook, end, or put behind.
He buried his disappointment and telephoned her again.I'm going to bury this relationship.- synonyms:
- disregard, forgive, ignore, overlook
- similar words:
- end
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related words: |
cache, cavern, gulf, pit, repress, steep, wall |
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phrase: |
bury one's head in the sand |
Are you looking for the word berry (a fruit)? Some people say bury and berry in exactly the same way, but these two words have different meanings.
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