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bury 7. to dismiss from the mind; abandon: to bury old hatreds. 8. bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled. 9. bury one's head in the sand to refuse to face a problem. [Old English byrgan to bury, hide; related to Old Norse bjarga to save, preserve, Old English beorgan to defend]
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- dig1. 1  to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation. 2  to make one's way or work by or as by removing or turning over material: to dig through the files. 3  to break up, turn over, or loosen (earth, sand, etc.), as with a shovel, spade, or bulldozer (often followed by up).
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Stefan and Caroline bury your head in the sand. to refuse to think about an unpleasant situation, hoping that it will improve so that you will not have to deal with it Parents said bullying was being ignored, and accused the headmaster of burying his head in the sand. See also: bury, head, in, sand, the. 1  Facebook.
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- Definition of bury. buried. burying. 2a : to conceal by or as if by covering with earth a dog burying a bone buried treasureb : to cover from view buried her face in her hands Their car was buried under the snow. 6 : to defeat overwhelmingly They were buried by a score of 15-2.
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Coffin Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word casket in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker 's trade in North America; a casket was originally a box for jewelry.
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inurn verb (used with object) 1. to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation. 2. to bury; inter. Origin of inurn.
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double digging double digging. double digging. n. (Agriculture) Brit a method of digging ground in a series of trenches two spits deep, mixing the soil of the bottom spit with manure, and then transferring the soil from the top spit of one trench to the top spit of the preceding one.
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How Landfills Work There are two ways to bury trash: 1  Dump-an open hole in the ground where trash is buried and that has various animals (rats, mice, birds) swarming around. 2  Landfill-carefully designed structure built into or on top of the ground in which trash is isolated from the surrounding environment (groundwater, air, rain).he purpose of a landfill is to bury the trash in such a way that it will be isolated from groundwater, will be kept dry and will not be in contact with air.
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Bury the hatchet Bury the hatchet. Meaning. To settle your differences with an adversary. Origin. The supposed language of Native Americans that we are familiar with is largely the invention of Hollywood scriptwriters - 'white man speak with forked tongue', 'kemo sabe' etc.
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lieverb lie verb (POSITION) › present participle lying /ˈlɑɪ·ɪŋ/ , past tense lay /leɪ/ , past participle lain /leɪn/ to be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface: [ I always + adv/prep ] The mechanic was lying on his back underneath my car.
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- › a cloth or long, loose piece of clothing that is used to wrap a dead body before it is buried. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Burying, cremating and preserving bodies. ash. bier. body bag. casket. coffin.
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Cemetery A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of deceased people are buried or otherwise interred.The word cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον, sleeping place) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground. cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of deceased people are buried or otherwise interred.
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pile (paɪl) n. 1. a collection of objects laid on top of one another or of other material stacked vertically; heap; mound. 2. informal a large amount of money (esp in the phrase make a pile) 3. (often plural) informal a large amount: a pile of work.
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undertaker Definition of undertaker. 1  1 : one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur. 2  2 : one whose business is to prepare the dead for burial and to arrange and manage funerals. 3  3 : an Englishman taking over forfeited lands in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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pit Definition of PIT. transitive verb. 1. a: to place, cast, bury, or store in a pit b: to make pits in; especially: to scar or mark with pits. 2. a: to set (as gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight b: to set into opposition or rivalry —usually used with against. intransitive verb.1.efinition of PIT. transitive verb. 1. a: to place, cast, bury, or store in a pit b: to make pits in; especially: to scar or mark with pits. 2. a: to set (as gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight b: to set into opposition or rivalry —usually used with against. intransitive verb.
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- bury one's head in the sand. and hide one's head in the sand; have one's head in the sand. Fig. to ignore or hide from obvious signs of danger. (Alludes to an ostrich, which is believed incorrectly to hide its head in a hole in the ground when it sees danger.) Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statistics on smoking and cancer.
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- Learner's definition of BURIAL. 1. : the act or ceremony of burying a dead person in a grave. — often used before another noun. [noncount]. They prepared the body for burial. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. [count]. She wanted to give him a proper burial.noncount] : the act of burying something in the ground. The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. Comments & Questions.
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- Excavation definition: an excavating or being excavated | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples English Dictionary | Thesaurus | Translator | Grammar | Scrabble | Blog English
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bury the hatchet The late Old English form of the verb bury was byrgan, pronounced approximately (bür′yən). During Middle English times this (ü) sound changed, but with different results in different regions of England: to (o͝o) as in put in the Midlands, to (ĭ) as in pit in southern England, or to (ĕ) as in pet in southeast England.
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Definition of 'excavate' 1. verb. When archaeologists or other people excavate a piece of land, they remove earth carefully from it and look for things such as pots, bones, or buildings which are buried there, in order to discover information about the past.
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Coffin A coffin may be buried in the ground directly, placed in a burial vault or cremated. Alternatively it may be entombed above ground in a mausoleum, a chapel, a church, or in a loculus in catacombs. Some countries practice one form almost exclusively, whereas in others it may depend on the individual cemetery.
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Definition of 'bury' bury meaning, bury definition | English Cobuild dictionary. bury. 1 verb To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it. ...squirrels who bury nuts and seeds.
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sink Definition of sink. 1a : a pool or pit for the deposit of waste or sewage : cesspoolb : a ditch or tunnel for carrying off sewage : sewerc : a stationary basin connected with a drain and usually a water supply for washing and drainage. 2 : a place where vice, corruption, or evil collects.
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Definitions &Translations A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.
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- Definition of rake. raked. ; raking. transitive verb. 1 : to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake rake leaves into a pile. 2 : to gain rapidly or in abundance —usually used with in rake in a fortune. 3a : to touch in passing over lightlyb : scratch, scrape.
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Coffin Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word casket in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker 's trade in North America; a casket was originally a box for jewelry. coffin may be buried in the ground directly, placed in a burial vault or cremated. Alternatively it may be entombed above ground in a mausoleum, a chapel, a church, or in a loculus in catacombs.