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Definition of BURY

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, hearse, inhume, inter, lay, put away, tomb

Related Words immure, inurn; enshrine; conceal, cover, ensconce, hide; obscure, shade, shield; cloak, curtain, enshroud, shroud; rebury, reinter; coffin

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

Antonyms disinter, exhume, unearth

2

to put into a hiding place <buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident>

Synonyms bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, secrete

Related Words hoard, squirrel (away), stash; entomb, inter

Near Antonyms bare, expose, reveal, show, uncover, unmask, unveil, unwrap; flaunt, parade, show off; disinter, unearth

Antonyms display, exhibit

3

to defeat by a large margin <if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us>

Synonyms annihilate, blow away, bomb, bury, clobber, cream, drub, dust, flatten, paste, rout, shellac, skin, skunk, smoke [slang], smother, snow under, thrash, trim, tromp, trounce, wallop, wax [slang], whomp, whop (or whap), whup

Related Words sweep, upset; beat, best, conquer, dispatch, hurdle, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), subdue, surmount, take, throw, triumph (over), win (against), worst; crush, knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, subjugate, upend, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend; edge (out), nose out, pip [British]; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; break, destroy, do in, finish, sink, slaughter