Bury: Synonyms in English

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bury:
- bury; inter; forget; sink; swallow; immerse; swallow up; eat up; entomb; inhume; lay to rest

English

Detailed Synonyms for bury in English

bury:

to bury verb (buries, buried, burying)

to bury
to bury; to inter
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
- inter verb (inters, interred, interring)
to bury

– dismiss from the mind; stop remembering ¹
to forget; to bury
– dismiss from the mind; stop remembering ¹
- forget verb (forgets, forgot, forgetting)
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
  - I tried to bury these unpleasant memories¹
to bury

– place in the earth and cover with soil ¹
to bury
– place in the earth and cover with soil ¹
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
  - They buried the stolen goods¹
to bury

– embed deeply ¹
to sink; to bury
– embed deeply ¹
- sink verb (sinks, sank, sinking)
  - She sank her fingers into the soft sand¹
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
  - He buried his head in her lap¹
to bury

– enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing ¹
to swallow; to immerse; to bury; to swallow up; to eat up
– enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing ¹
- swallow verb (swallows, swallowed, swallowing)
  - The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter¹
- immerse verb (immerses, immersed, immersing)
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
- swallow up verb (swallows up, swallowed up, swallowing up)
- eat up verb (eats up, ate up, eating up)
to bury

– cover from sight ¹
to bury
– cover from sight ¹
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
  - Afghani women buried under their burkas¹
to bury

– place in a grave or tomb ¹
to inter; to bury; to entomb; inhume; lay to rest
– place in a grave or tomb ¹
- inter verb (inters, interred, interring)
- bury verb (buries, buried, burying)
  - Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square¹
- entomb verb (entombs, entombed, entombing)
  - The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids¹
- inhume verb
- lay to rest verb

Conjugations for bury:

present

bury
bury
buries
bury
bury
bury

simple past

buried
buried
buried
buried
buried
buried

present perfect

have buried
have buried
has buried
have buried
have buried
have buried

past continuous

was burying
were burying
was burying
were burying
were burying
were burying

future

shall bury
will bury
will bury
shall bury
will bury
will bury

continuous present

am burying
are burying
is burying
are burying
are burying
are burying

subjunctive

be buried
be buried
be buried
be buried
be buried
be buried

diverse

bury!
let's bury!
buried
burying

1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "bury":

rebury, burying

Alternate Synonyms for "bury":

hide; conceal
entomb; inhume; inter; lay to rest; lay; put down; repose
situate; fix; posit; deposit
immerse; swallow; swallow up; eat up; enclose; close in; inclose; shut in
sink; implant; engraft; embed; imbed; plant
forget

Antonyms for "bury":

remember

Related Definitions for "bury":

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering¹
- I tried to bury these unpleasant memories¹
place in the earth and cover with soil¹
- They buried the stolen goods¹
embed deeply¹
- He buried his head in her lap¹
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing¹
cover from sight¹
- Afghani women buried under their burkas¹
place in a grave or tomb¹
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square¹

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