Bury - Definition
bury
v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: 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"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of]