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Bury

//ˈbɛ.ɹi// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2883). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place in England:; A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9427). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0113). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in England:; Ellipsis of Bury St Edmunds. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A village in Péruwelz municipality, Hainaut province, Belgium. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A burrow. obsolete, transitive

    "Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out."

  2. 2
    A borough; a manor transitive

    "Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury, Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic"

Verb
  1. 1
    To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.; To kill or murder. figuratively, slang, transitive
  2. 2
    dismiss from the mind; stop remembering wordnet
  3. 3
    To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.; To outlive. figuratively, humorous, transitive

    "Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!"

  4. 4
    place in the earth and cover with soil wordnet
  5. 5
    To place in the ground. transitive

    "bury a bone; bury the embers"

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  1. 6
    embed deeply wordnet
  2. 7
    To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. figuratively, often, transitive

    "She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands."

  3. 8
    enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing wordnet
  4. 9
    To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.; To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out. figuratively, often, transitive

    "vocals buried in the mix"

  5. 10
    cover from sight wordnet
  6. 11
    To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.; To overwhelm. broadly, figuratively, often, transitive

    "They buried us in paperwork."

  7. 12
    place in a grave or tomb wordnet
  8. 13
    To suppress and hide away in one's mind. figuratively, transitive

    "secrets kept buried"

  9. 14
    To put an end to; to abandon. figuratively, transitive

    "They buried their argument and shook hands."

  10. 15
    To score (a goal). transitive

    "You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop."

  11. 16
    To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion. slang, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

See borough.

Etymology 4

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

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