Bury

//ˈbɛ.ɹi//

Synonyms for "bury" (124 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

forget immerse abandon baptize boro borough bosom bottle up burg burgh burst cache coffin conceal conduct a funeral consign to oblivion

Verb(7 words)

suppress assassinate behedge bind cancel check concentrate

Suffix(2 words)

-borough -burgh

Strong matches (37)

cover cover up deluge deposit dip dispatch ditch douse drown duck dunk embosom encoffin engulf ensconce ensepulcher enshrine entomb eradicate extirpate

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file and forget hearse hide

Verb(14 words)

cover curb dash do do for do in duppy eat up embowel entomb ex forget grease hamshackle

Related words (62)

hide away immerge inearth inhume inter inundate inurn keep hidden keep secret lay to rest lock up merge obscure occult overcome overwhelm plant plunge plunge in water put away

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seal up secrete sepulture sink souse stash steep store store away stow away submerge submerse tomb whelm

Verb(28 words)

hold down immerse inhume inter iron out kill knock off lay to rest limit liquidate mortify pop off repress rub out sink slay snuff out stifle stop someone's clock subdue

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swallow swallow up take top underbring wax wet withstrain

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

19 entries

close in conceal deposit embed enclose engraft fix hide imbed implant inclose lay lose plant posit put down

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Antonyms

4 entries

dig dig up unearth up

Synonyms

6 entries

boro borough burg burgh forget immerse

Related terms

1 entries

burian

derived

19 entries

Bury St Edmunds Bushbury bebury buriable burial burier bury one's head in the sand bury the hatchet bury the lead bury the lede bury your gays buryable burying beetle carry me out and bury me decently know where the bodies are buried rebury

Showing 16 of 19 words.

entails

1 entries

cover

etymologically related_to

1 entries

borough

has context

1 entries

slang

manner of

4 entries

hide implant lay situate

related to

43 entries

abandon action activity bodies borough bur burian bury st edmunds coffin coffin action conceal corpse corpse disposal dead dead bodies digging

Showing 16 of 43 words.

Translations

288 translations across 105 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

begrawe verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Albanian

3 entries

fus verb (to place in the ground)
gropos verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
varros verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Amharic

1 entries

ቀበረ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

θάπτω verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
θάπτω verb (to place in the ground)

Arabic

4 entries

دفن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
دفن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
دَفَنَ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
دَفَنَ verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Argobba

1 entries

ቀበራ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Armenian

1 entries

թաղել verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Aromanian

4 entries

murmintedz verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ngrop verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ngrop verb (to place in the ground)
ngrupiljedz verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Assamese

3 entries

কবৰ দে verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
পোত verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
পোত verb (to place in the ground)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

3 entries

ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to place in the ground)
ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

basdırmaq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
basdırmaq verb (to place in the ground)
dəfn etmək verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
gömmək verb (to place in the ground)

Bangi

1 entries

kunda verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Bashkir

3 entries

ерләү verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
күмеү verb (to place in the ground)
ҡуйыу verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Belarusian

4 entries

закапа́ць verb (to place in the ground)
зако́пваць verb (to place in the ground)
пахава́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
пахарані́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Bengali

3 entries

গোর দেওয়া verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
পোঁতা verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
মাটি দেওয়া verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Breton

2 entries

beziañ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
douarañ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Bulgarian

4 entries

зара́вям verb (to place in the ground)
заро́вя verb (to place in the ground)
затрупвам verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
погре́бвам verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Burmese

3 entries

မြေချ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
မြှုပ် verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
မြှုပ်နှံ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Catalan

4 entries

enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
enterrar verb (to place in the ground)
enterrar verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
sepultar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎦᏂᏏᎭ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ᎦᏂᏏᎭ verb (to place in the ground)

Chichewa

2 entries

kubyála verb (to place in the ground)
kudzála verb (to place in the ground)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

下葬 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
埋 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
埋葬 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
埋藏 verb (to place in the ground)

Czech

2 entries

pohřbít verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
pohřbívat verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Danish

1 entries

begrave verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Drung

1 entries

leup verb (to place in the ground)

Dutch

4 entries

begraven verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
begraven verb (to place in the ground)
begraven verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
begraven verb (to put an end to; to abandon)

Eastern Cham

1 entries

ꨓꨗꩌ verb (to place in the ground)

Esperanto

2 entries

enfosi verb (to place in the ground)
enterigi verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Estonian

1 entries

matma verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Faroese

1 entries

jarða verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Finnish

4 entries

haudata verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
haudata verb (to place in the ground)
haudata verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
haudata verb (to put an end to; to abandon)

French

4 entries

ensevelir verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
enterrer verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
enterrer verb (to place in the ground)
enterrer verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Galician

4 entries

enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
soterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
soterrar verb (to place in the ground)
soterrar verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Ge'ez

1 entries

ቀበረ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Georgian

3 entries

დაკრძალვა verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
დამარხვა verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
დამარხვა verb (to place in the ground)

German

4 entries

beerdigen verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
begraben verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
begraben verb (to put an end to; to abandon)
eingraben verb (to place in the ground)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Greek

2 entries

ενταφιάζω verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
θάβω verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

antere verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Hebrew

1 entries

קָבַר verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Higaonon

1 entries

lubong verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

lubong verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Hindi

3 entries

गाड़ना verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
दफ़न करना verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
दफ़नाना verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Hungarian

1 entries

temet verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Icelandic

1 entries

grafa verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Ingrian

2 entries

havvata verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
koopata verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Irish

3 entries

adhlaic verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
cuir verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
cuir san uaigh verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Italian

4 entries

dimenticare verb (to put an end to; to abandon)
inumare verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
mettere una pietra sopra verb (to put an end to; to abandon)
nascondere verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Iu Mien

1 entries

biopv verb (to place in the ground)

Ivatan

1 entries

ilaveng verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Japanese

3 entries

埋める verb (to place in the ground)
埋葬する verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
葬る verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Kazakh

4 entries

жерлеу verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
жерлеу verb (to place in the ground)
көму verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
көму verb (to place in the ground)

Khmer

2 entries

កប់ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
បង្កប់ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Korean

2 entries

매장하다 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
묻다 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

көмүү verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Lao

1 entries

ຝັງ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Latin

4 entries

dēfodiō verb (to place in the ground)
dēfodiō verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
humō verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
humō verb (to place in the ground)

Latvian

2 entries

apbedīt verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
apglabāt verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Lingala

1 entries

kunda verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Lithuanian

1 entries

palaidoti verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Low German

1 entries

begrawen verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Macedonian

2 entries

погребе verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
погребува verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Malay

2 entries

kubur verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
kubur verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Marathi

1 entries

गाडणे verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries

antere verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Middle English

4 entries

berien verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
berien verb (to place in the ground)
graven verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
graven verb (to place in the ground)

Mongo

1 entries

kunda verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Mongolian

2 entries

булшлах verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
оршуулах verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

udziha verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Norman

3 entries

entèrrer verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
entèrrer verb (to place in the ground)
entèrrer verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

North Frisian

1 entries

begreew verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

begrave verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
gravlegge verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

gravleggja verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

كوممك verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
كوممك verb (to place in the ground)

Persian

2 entries

دفن کردن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
نگندن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Polish

4 entries

chować verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
grzebać verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
pochować verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
pogrzebać verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Portuguese

4 entries

enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
enterrar verb (to place in the ground)
enterrar verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
esquecer verb (to put an end to; to abandon)

Quechua

3 entries

p'ampakuy verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
p'ampay verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
p'ampay verb (to place in the ground)

Romanian

4 entries

îngropa verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
îngropa verb (to place in the ground)
înhuma verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
înmormânta verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Russian

4 entries

зака́пывать verb (to place in the ground)
закопа́ть verb (to place in the ground)
зары́ть verb (to place in the ground)
зарыва́ть verb (to place in the ground)

Saho

1 entries

oocoge verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sahranjívati verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
sahrániti verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
zakopati verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
zakopavati verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Slovak

2 entries

pochovať verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
zahrabať verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Slovene

2 entries

pokopati verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
pokopavati verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Spanish

4 entries

dar sepultura verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
enterrar verb (to place in the ground)
sepultar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Swedish

4 entries

begrava verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
begrava verb (to place in the ground)
begrava verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
glömma verb (to put an end to; to abandon)

Tagalog

4 entries

ibaon verb (to place in the ground)
idumog verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
ilibing verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
kalimutan verb (to put an end to; to abandon)

Tajik

1 entries

дафн кардан verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Tatar

1 entries

күмәргә verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Tausug

1 entries

kubul verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Ternate

1 entries

woto verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Tetum

1 entries

taman verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Thai

2 entries

ฝัง verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ฝัง verb (to place in the ground)

Turkish

4 entries

defnetmek verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
gömmek verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
gömmek verb (to place in the ground)
gömmek verb (to put an end to; to abandon)

Ukrainian

4 entries

зака́пати verb (to place in the ground)
зака́пувати verb (to place in the ground)
зари́ти verb (to place in the ground)
зарива́ти verb (to place in the ground)

Urdu

3 entries

دَفَن کَرنا verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
دَفْنانا verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
گاڑْنا verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Uyghur

2 entries

دەپنە قىلماق verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
كۆممەك verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Uzbek

2 entries

dafn qilmoq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
koʻmmoq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Vietnamese

2 entries

chôn verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
mai táng verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Volapük

1 entries

sepülön verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Welsh

1 entries

claddu verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

leveng verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

White Hmong

2 entries

faus verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
faus verb (to place in the ground)

Yakut

1 entries

көм verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Yiddish

1 entries

באַגראָבן verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At long last, the two chiefs of the Indian tribes have decided to bury the hatchet and smoke the peace pipe.

Source: tatoeba (181732)

Dogs often bury bones.

Source: tatoeba (239178)

We will bury you.

Source: tatoeba (442601)

Muslims bury their dead in graves.

Source: tatoeba (607293)

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