Entry Word: bury

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea <he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday>

Synonyms entomb, inter

Related Words enshrine; conceal, cover, ensconce, hide; obscure, shade, shield; cloak, curtain, enshroud, shroud

Near Antonyms burn, cremate; bare, disclose, discover, display, exhibit, expose, reveal, show

Antonyms disinter, exhume, unearth

2 to put into a hiding place <buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident> — see ¹hide 1