Crossword clues for burying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n. Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf. Burrow.]
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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.
And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep.
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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.
Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii. 21.I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave.
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To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
--Shak.Burying beetle (Zo["o]l.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.
Wiktionary
n. A burial. vb. (present participle of bury English)
WordNet
n. concealing something under the ground [syn: burial]
Usage examples of "burying".
But then an arrow thudded into Haalfdane's chest, burying itself deep within his flesh and biting through, tearing into his heart.
He considered, and not for the first time, a sudden charge, burying his great axe deep into the wizard's skull.
Drizzt felt a surge of power run through his arm as his scimitar sucked the life-force out of the wretched creature, but the drow contained the strength, burying it within his own rage, and held on stubbornly.
Alton gawked, nearly burying himself in webbing, as if the answer were obvious.
He inconspicuously worked one toe under the soft moss, burying his foot to the ankle.
He rolled over as the two touched down, burying the young woman under him protectively.
My cousin, Bidderdoo, he is a werewolf, and he has this habit of burying everything about the yard, bones and wands and the like.
Regis bolstered his resolve, burying his fears by reminding himself repeatedly of the importance of his mission.
Eventually, Kierstaad knew, a blizzard would catch up to them, burying them in their hut while they slept, or a hungry white bear would come calling.
He did not look up, nor did he offer any apologetic expressions, burying them beneath a wall of anger.
She rolled over, wrapping herself in the furs, burying even her head to signal Morik that this conversation was at its end.
Several of the floors above had long since collapsed, burying the ground floor in rubble and wreckage, with great wooden beams protruding from the mess.
Black eyebrows, black lashes, scarlet lips and cheeks, powder everywhere, burying her skin’s normal healthy glow.
He put his hand behind her head, burying his fingers in the auburn hair that fell loosely down her back.
Cataracts of water smashed over rocks, burying the lower quarter of her stairway in a deceptively creamy froth.