Crossword Dictionary
BURY
bury - v
place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"
Synonyms
deposit, entomb, plant, embalm, enshrine, inhume, inter, mummify, consign to grave, cover up, ensepulcher, hold last rites for, hold services for, inearth, inurn, lay out
Examples
Let the dead bury their dead, but while one has life one must live and be happy! thought he.
He spent the night deep in thought, forcing himself to face the dark memories he'd tried so hard to bury.
It is therefore remarkable that the priests contrived to bury one of the animals in the fourth year of Cambyses.
Etymology
Old English byrgan "to raise a mound, hide, enclose in a grave or tomb, inter," akin to beorgan "to shelter," from Proto-Germanic *burzjan- "protection, shelter" (source also of Old Saxon bergan, Dutch bergen, Old Norse bjarga, Swedish berga, Old High German bergan "protect, shelter, conceal," German bergen, Gothic bairgan "to save, preserve"), from PIE root *bhergh- (1) "to hide, protect."