bury
1. cover from sight (Freq. 7)
- Afghani women buried under their burkas
• Hypernyms:
hide, conceal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
2. place in a grave or tomb (Freq. 6)
- 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
• Syn:
entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
• Derivationally related forms:
interment (for: inter), inhumation (for: inhume), entombment (for: entomb), burial
• Hypernyms:
lay, put down, repose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot bury Sue
3. place in the earth and cover with soil (Freq. 3)
- They buried the stolen goods
• Derivationally related forms:
burial
• Hypernyms:
situate, fix, posit, deposit
• Entailment:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing (Freq. 1)
- The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
• Syn:
immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up
• Hypernyms:
enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. embed deeply (Freq. 1)
- She sank her fingers into the soft sand
- He buried his head in her lap
• Syn:
sink
• Hypernyms:
implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
• Hyponyms:
set, countersink
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. dismiss from the mind;
stop remembering
- I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
• Syn:
forget
• Ant:
remember (for: forget)
• Hyponyms:
unlearn, suppress, repress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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