Definitions for bury
ˈbɛr ibu·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. buryverb

   cover from sight

   "Afghani women buried under their burkas"

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

   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. buryverb

   place in the earth and cover with soil

   "They buried the stolen goods"

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

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

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

5. bury, sinkverb

   embed deeply

   "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"

6. forget, buryverb

   dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

   "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burynoun

   A metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England

2. Etymology: See borough.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bury, Berynoun

   A dwelling-place; a termination still added to the names of several places; as, Aldermanbury, St. Edmund’s bury. Edward Phillips World of Words.

   Etymology: from burg, Sax.

2. Burynoun

   Etymology: from burg, Sax.

   It is his nature to dig himself buries, as the coney doth; which he doth with very great celerity. Nehemiah Grew.

3. To BURYverb

   Etymology: byrigean, Saxon.

   1. To inter; to put into a grave.

   When he lies along,
   After your way his tale pronounc’d, shall bury
   His reasons with his body. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. To inter, with the rites and ceremonies of sepulture.

   Slave, thou hast slain me!
   If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   If you have kindness left, there see me laid;
   To bury decently the injur’d maid,
   Is all the favour. Edmund Waller.

   3. To conceal; to hide.

   This is the way to make the city flat,
   And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges,
   In heaps and piles of ruin. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   4. To place one thing within another.

   A tearing groan did break
   The name of Antony; it was divided
   Between her heart and lips; she render’d life,
   Thy name so bury’d in her. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bury

   To bury means to place or hide something, typically a dead body or something considered unappealing or embarrassing, under the ground or other substances, thus concealing it from view. It can also refer to suppressing or forgetting about a thought or feeling. Furthermore, it can refer to immersing oneself deeply into a particular activity or situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burynoun

   a borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

2. Burynoun

   a manor house; a castle

3. Buryverb

   to cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands

4. Buryverb

   specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume

5. Buryverb

   to hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bury

   Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, 5.5 miles east of Bolton, 5.9 miles west-southwest of Rochdale, and 7.9 miles north-northwest of the city of Manchester. Bury is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, with Bury as the largest settlement and administrative centre. Historically a part of Lancashire, Bury emerged during the Industrial Revolution as a mill town centred on textile manufacture. Bury is regionally notable for its open-air market - Bury Market - and its popularity has been increased since the introduction of the Manchester Metrolink tram system, which terminates in the town. The market is known for its supply of a local traditional dish - black pudding, served hot or cold and can be eaten either as a takeaway snack, or more commonly as an accompaniment or main ingredient of a meal starter or main course. One of Bury's most notable residents was Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, founder of the Metropolitan Police Service and the Conservative Party. A monument to Peel is outside Bury parish church and another, the austere Peel Monument, stands on a hill overlooking the locality.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bury

   ber′i, v.t. to hide in the ground: to cover: to place in the grave, as a dead body: to hide or blot out of remembrance:—pr.p. bur′ying; pa.p. bur′ied.—ns. Bur′ying-ground, Bur′ying-place, ground set apart for burying the dead: a graveyard.—Bury the hatchet, to cease strife. [A.S. byrgan, to bury; Ger. bergen, to hide.]

2. Bury

   ber′i, n. a delicate pear of several varieties.—Also Burr′el, Burr′el-pear. [Cf. the Fr. beurré, as in 'Beurré d'Angoulême.']

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bury

   a manufacturing town in Lancashire, 10 m. NW. of Manchester; originally but a small place engaged in woollen manufacture, but cotton is now the staple manufacture in addition to paper-works, dye-works, &c.

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1. Bury

   Berry vs. Bury -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Berry and Bury.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BURY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bury is ranked #11296 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bury surname appeared 2,796 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Bury.
   
   91.2% or 2,551 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 86 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 72 total occurrences were Black.
   1.6% or 47 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 22 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 18 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Deposit
   • Enclose
   • Hide
   • Implant

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bury' in Verbs Frequency: #560

Anagrams for bury »

1. ruby

How to pronounce bury?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bury in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bury in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bury in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bury in a Sentence

1. Trish Oliphant:

   We encourage people to really bury the hatchet, so to speak, so they can move forward to a brighter and better future, it’s better than sitting home and eating a gallon of ice cream.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones.

3. Pham Manh Cuong:

   I want to see my sister one more time before we bury her.

4. Hajra Catic:

   I can't sleep at night, hoping I'll be able to identify him, i wish just to have a little finger of his, so I can bury him.

5. American Bridge:

   It is deeply disappointing that ATT has taken such aggressive actions to silence its critics, for too long, companies have gotten away with lip service around empowering women, while simultaneously financing the anti-abortion extremists who wrote this bill, causing a reproductive health crisis in Texas. The public deserves to know about ATT’s hypocrisy and efforts to bury the truth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bury
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bury
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bury
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bury
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bury
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bury
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Bury
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html