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Noun: burying  be-ree-ing
  1. Concealing something under the ground
    - burial
Verb: bury  be-ree
  1. Cover from sight
    "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
  2. Place in a grave or tomb
    - entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest, tomb
  3. Place in the earth and cover with soil
    "They buried the stolen goods"
  4. Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    - immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up
  5. Embed deeply
    "He buried his head in her lap";
    - sink
  6. Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
    "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories";
    - forget, disremember

Sounds like: berrying

Derived forms: buryings

Type of: close in, conceal, concealing, concealment, deposit, embed, enclose, engraft, fix, hide, hiding, imbed, implant, inclose, lay, plant, posit, put down, repose, shut in, situate

Encyclopedia: Burying

Bury, Oise