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English verb: bury | |||
| 1. | bury (perception) cover from sight | ||
| Samples | Afghani women buried under their burkas. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conceal, hide | ||
| 2. | bury (social) place in a grave or tomb | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot bury Sue | ||
| Synonyms | entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, put down, repose | ||
| 3. | bury (contact) place in the earth and cover with soil | ||
| Samples | They buried the stolen goods. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deposit, fix, posit, situate | ||
| Entail | cover | ||
| 4. | bury (contact) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | ||
| Samples | The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter. | ||
| Synonyms | eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||
| 5. | bury (contact) embed deeply | ||
| Samples | She sank her fingers into the soft sand. He buried his head in her lap. | ||
| Synonyms | sink | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | countersink, set | ||
| 6. | bury (cognition) dismiss from the mind; stop remembering | ||
| Samples | I tried to bury these unpleasant memories. | ||
| Synonyms | forget | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | repress, suppress, unlearn | ||
| Antonyms | think of, remember | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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