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bury
Overview of verb bury
The verb bury has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (7) bury -- (cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas")
2. (6) bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest -- (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")
3. (3) bury -- (place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods")
4. (1) immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up -- (enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter")
5. (1) bury, sink -- (embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap")
6. forget, bury -- (dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories")
Grep of noun bury
battle of tewkesbury
bloomsbury
bradbury
burying
burying ground
canterbury
dick fosbury
fosbury
helen laura sumner woodbury
ray bradbury
ray douglas bradbury
richard d. fosbury
salisbury
sudbury
tewkesbury
waterbury
woodbury
Antonyms of verb bury
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bury
6 senses of bury
Sense 1
bury
=> hide, conceal
Sense 2
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
=> lay, put down, repose
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 3
bury
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 4
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
=> surround, skirt, border
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 5
bury, sink
=> implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
=> insert, infix, enter, introduce
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 6
forget, bury
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bury
2 of 6 senses of bury
Sense 5
bury, sink
=> set, countersink
Sense 6
forget, bury
=> unlearn
=> suppress, repress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bury
6 senses of bury
Sense 1
bury
=> hide, conceal
Sense 2
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
=> lay, put down, repose
Sense 3
bury
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
Sense 4
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
Sense 5
bury, sink
=> implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
Sense 6
forget, bury
'Cause To' of verb bury
Derived Forms of verb bury
2 of 6 senses of bury
Sense 2
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
RELATED TO>(noun) burial#1
=> burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture
Sense 3
bury
RELATED TO>(noun) burial#2
=> burying, burial
Domain of verb bury
Domain Terms of verb bury
Familiarity of verb bury
bury used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb bury
6 senses of bury
Sense 1
bury
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
=> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 2
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
EX: Sam cannot bury Sue
Sense 3
bury
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
bury, sink
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
forget, bury
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bury
5 of 6 senses of bury
Sense 1
bury
> hide, conceal
=> veil
=> secrete
=> obstruct, block
=> cover
=> bosom
=> bury
=> cover, cover up
=> harbor, harbour, shield
=> obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
=> disguise
=> sweep under the rug
=> lurk, skulk
Sense 2
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
> lay, put down, repose
=> rail
=> lay
=> blow
=> bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
=> rebury
Sense 3
bury
> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> bury
=> sediment
Sense 4
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
=> tuck, insert
=> wall in, wall up
=> embower, bower
=> enshrine, shrine
=> encase, incase, case
=> immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
=> frame, frame in, border
=> glass, glass in
=> bank
=> dike, dyke
=> encapsulate
=> fence, fence in
=> rope in, rope off, cordon off
=> casket
=> corral
=> fortify, fort
=> hedge, hedge in
Sense 5
bury, sink
> implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
=> pot
=> nest
=> bury, sink
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bury
Sense 1
bury
=> hide, conceal
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Sense 2
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
=> lay, put down, repose
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Sense 3
bury
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
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Sense 4
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
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Sense 5
bury, sink
=> implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
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Sense 6
forget, bury
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Grep of verb bury
bury
rebury
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