Unscramble bury

Definition of bury

verb:

• cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas".
• place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square", "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids", "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday". Synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest.
• place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods".
• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter". Synonyms: eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up.
• embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand", "He buried his head in her lap". Synonyms: sink.
• dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories". Synonyms: forget. Antonyms: remember.

Related words

countersink, repress, set, suppress, unlearn.

Words nearby

buoy, bur, bura, burg, burk, burl, burly, burn, burp, burr, burry, burt, busy, buy, fury, jury.

Rhymes with

aerie, airy, azeri, barrie, berry, canary, carry, cherry, clary, contrary, dairy, eyrie, fairy, ferry, gary, glengarry, guarneri, hairy, harry, jerry.