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bury

/ˈbɛri/

Translations

buryverb

buried

Past Simple

buried

Past Participle

burying

Gerund

/ˈbɛri/

refoulerSens figuré, pour des sentiments ou des souvenirs.

She tried to bury her feelings of guilt and move on.

Elle a essayé de refouler son sentiment de culpabilité et d’avancer.

s’immergerEmploi pronominal, au sens figuré.

He decided to bury himself in work to avoid thinking about his problems.

Il a décidé de s’immerger dans le travail pour éviter de penser à ses problèmes.

enfouir

The dog likes to bury its bones in the backyard.

Le chien aime enfouir ses os dans le jardin.

enterrer

They decided to bury their grandfather in the family plot.

Ils ont décidé d’enterrer leur grand-père dans la tombe familiale.

ensevelir

The avalanche threatened to bury the entire village under snow.

L’avalanche menaçait d’ensevelir tout le village sous la neige.

Additional translations

logerSport, familier selon le contexte.

Synonyms

Antonyms

dig up

burynoun

buries

Archaic or dialectal; denotes a fortified place, manor house, or borough.

Additional translations

fortSens ancien.

Definitions

buryverb

To place a dead body in the ground, typically with a ceremony.

They decided to bury their grandfather in the family plot.

To hide something in the ground or cover it with earth.

The dog likes to bury its bones in the backyard.

To cover something completely so that it is not visible.

The avalanche threatened to bury the entire village under snow.

To suppress or hide something, such as a feeling or memory.

She tried to bury her feelings of guilt and move on.

To immerse oneself in a task or activity to the exclusion of other concerns.

He decided to bury himself in work to avoid thinking about his problems.

To score decisively by putting a ball, puck, or shot into a goal, basket, etc.

He buried the puck in the top corner of the net.

burynoun

(Archaic) A fortified place, stronghold, or borough.

The old bury on the hill has long since fallen into ruin.