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verb (transitive)
(buries, burying, buried)
  1. To ritualistically inter a corpse in a grave or tomb. (see burial)
  2. To place in the ground. "bury a bone"
  3. To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth - "she buried her face in the pillow", "buried the secret deep inside"
  4. To put an end to; to abandon. "They buried their argument and shook hands"
Translations: 
  • German: begraben
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (checktrans-top)
Etymology: Old English byrÄan


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