"burying" in the noun sense

1. burying, burial

concealing something under the ground

"burying" in the verb sense

1. bury

cover from sight

"Afghani women buried under their burkas"

2. bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest

place in a grave or tomb

"Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"

"The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"

"My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

3. bury

place in the earth and cover with soil

"They buried the stolen goods"

4. immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

5. bury, sink

embed deeply

"She sank her fingers into the soft sand"

"He buried his head in her lap"

6. forget, bury

dismiss from the mind stop remembering

"I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

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