Unscramble burying

Definition of burying

noun:

• concealing something under the ground. Synonyms: burial.

verb:

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

Related words

countersink, reburial, reburying, repress, set, suppress, unlearn.

Words nearby

burning, burping, buying.

Rhymes with

dairying, ferrying, varying.