Bury

/ˈbɛ.ɹi/

Synonyms for "bury" (134 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

Verb(9 words)

entomb immerse inhume inter burkedbury the bodycoffined conceal curb

abandon baptize bosombottle upburst cache coffin concealconduct a funeralconsign to oblivioncovercover updeluge deposit dip dispatch

Noun(2 words)

burial-action contextcoffining

Strong matches (40)

ditch douse drown duck dunk embosom encoffin engulf ensconce ensepulcher enshrine entomb eradicate extirpatefile and forgetforget hearse hidehide awayimmerge

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immerse inearth inhume inter

Noun(7 words)

earthearth surfacesearth up stemsearths entombing hidingin ground

Verb(9 words)

eat upengross entombed entombs focus forget hide inhumed internalized

Related words (67)

Verb(18 words)

interredinterred with honorsinterring the remainsinters killlay to restmask reconcile repressed represses sepulchered settle sink smothered submersing swallowswallow uptombed

Preposition(1 words)

into the ground

inundate inurnkeep hiddenkeep secretlay to restlock upmerge obscure occult overcome overwhelm plant plungeplunge in waterput awayseal upsecrete sepulture sink souse

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stash steep storestore awaystow awaysubmerge submerse tomb whelm

Noun(17 words)

italian interlandfill landfills lodgesmore earthingmoundsplanting depthsplows rathole repressingromanian acoperisepulcher sepulchering sepulchers snow spades tombing

Adjective(2 words)

overwhelming submerged

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

23 entries

close inconceal concealment deposit embed enclose engraft fix hide idiom imbed immersion implant inclose interment lay

Showing 16 of 23 words.

More specific

8 entries

deep studyevidence suppressionintense focuspeace makingprivate burialpublic burialreconciliationsecret keeping

Collocations

6 entries

burial sitegravethe bodythe remainsthe treasuretime capsule

Inflections

3 entries

buried buries burying

Derivations

2 entries

burial burier

Translations

206 translations across 101 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

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

Albanian

2 entries

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

1 entries

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

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

3 entries

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

Assamese

2 entries

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
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)
dəfn etmək verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
torpağa tapşırmaq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ört-basdır etmək verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Bangi

1 entries

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

Bashkir

2 entries

ерләү verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
ҡуйыу verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Belarusian

4 entries

пахава́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
пахарані́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
хава́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
харані́ць 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

3 entries

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

3 entries

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

Cherokee

1 entries

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

Chinese Mandarin

3 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)

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)

Dutch

2 entries

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

Esperanto

1 entries

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

3 entries

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

French

3 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 hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

Galician

3 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 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

2 entries

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

German

3 entries

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

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

inumare verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
nascondere verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
seppellire verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
sotterrare verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

Ivatan

1 entries

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

Japanese

2 entries

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

2 entries

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

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

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

2 entries

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

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

2 entries

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

1 entries

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

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

Quechua

2 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)

Romanian

3 entries

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

погреба́ть verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
погрести́ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
похорони́ть verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
пря́тать verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

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

3 entries

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

Swedish

3 entries

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

Tagalog

4 entries

idumog verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
ilibing verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
libing verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
madumog verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)

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

1 entries

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

Turkish

3 entries

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

Ukrainian

4 entries

похова́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
похорони́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
хова́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
хорони́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

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

1 entries

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

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.

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