Unburied


verb (used with object), buried, burying.
1.
to put in the ground and cover with earth:
The pirates buried the chest on the island.
2.
to put (a corpse) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony:
They buried the sailor with full military honors.
3.
to plunge in deeply; cause to sink in:
to bury an arrow in a target.
4.
to cover in order to conceal from sight:
She buried the card in the deck.
5.
to immerse (oneself):
He buried himself in his work.
6.
to put out of one’s mind:
to bury an insult.
7.
to consign to obscurity; cause to appear insignificant by assigning to an unimportant location, position, etc.:
Her name was buried in small print at the end of the book.
noun, plural buries.
8.
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
Idioms
9.
bury one’s head in the sand, to avoid reality; ignore the facts of a situation:
You cannot continue to bury your head in the sand—you must learn to face facts.
10.
bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited.
verb (transitive) buries, burying, buried
1.
to place (a corpse) in a grave, usually with funeral rites; inter
2.
to place in the earth and cover with soil
3.
to lose through death
4.
to cover from sight; hide
5.
to embed; sink: to bury a nail in plaster
6.
to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; engross: to be buried in a book
7.
to dismiss from the mind; abandon: to bury old hatreds
8.
bury the hatchet, to cease hostilities and become reconciled
9.
bury one’s head in the sand, to refuse to face a problem
noun
1.
a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre. Pop: 60 178 (2001)
2.
a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 181 900 (2003 est). Area: 99 sq km (38 sq miles)
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