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Definition bury

Etymology 1

Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byr?an, from Proto-Germanic *burgijan? (“to keep safe”), ultaimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?erg?- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”); also Albanian mburojë (“shield”), Eastern Lithuanian bir?ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian ??????? (beré??, “to spare”), Ossetian ???????? (æmbærzyn, “to cover”).

The spelling with ?u? represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /?/ is from the Kentish dialects.. Doublet of bergh

Verb

bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle burying, simple past and past participle buried)

1. (transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
2. (transitive) To place in the ground.
3. (transitive, often figuratively) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
5. (transitive, figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
6. (transitive, figuratively) To score a goal.
7. (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.

Noun

bury (plural buries)

1. (obsolete) A burrow.

Etymology 2

See borough.

Noun

bury (plural buries)

1. A borough; a manor

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