bury

Universal Words verb (buries, burying, buried, buried) dead person 1 [VN] to place a dead body in a grave: He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. * (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. 2 [VN] (old-fashioned) to lose sb by death: She's 85 and has buried three husbands. hide in ground 3 [VN] to hide sth in the ground: buried treasure * The dog had buried its bone in the garden. cover 4 [oftenpassive] to cover sb/sth with soil, rocks, leaves, etc: [VN] The house was buried under ten feet of snow. * [VN-ADJ] The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed. 5 [VN] to cover sth so that it cannot be seen: Your letter got buried under a pile of papers. * He buried his face in his hands and wept. hide feeling 6 [VN] to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc: She had learnt to bury her feelings. put deeply into sth 7 [VN] ~ sth (in sth) to put sth deeply into sth else: He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets. * She always has her head buried in a book. IDIOMS bury the hatchet