| Verb | 1. | bury - cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" | |
| 2. | bury - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"lay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" | |
| 3. | bury - place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"posit, situate, deposit, fix - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" | |
| 4. | bury - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" | |
| 5. | bury - embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" countersink, set - insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | |
| 6. | bury - dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"unlearn - try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge | |