Word Type

Verb

Proper Noun

Noun

The word "bury" can be used as verb, proper noun and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

dig dig up unearth up

Derived Terms

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 the box they're going to bury it in unbury underbury

Entails

cover

Etymologically Related To

borough

Context

slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

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

Manner Of

hide implant lay situate

Related Terms

burian

Related Terms

abandon action activity bodies borough bur burian bury st edmunds coffin coffin action conceal corpse corpse disposal dead dead bodies digging dirt dirt hole disposal earth england engraving fortify funeral funeral activity funerals grave greater manchester ground hide hide away hole in ground inter kill manor metropolitan borough murder place score suppress tomb town

Synonym Network

boro borough burg burgh forget immerse

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