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burie

burie is the obsolete spelling of bury.

Meaning of bury

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To kill or murder.
    Synonyms:
    inurn
  2. (figuratively, humorous, transitive) To outlive.
    • Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all!
    Synonyms:
    inurn
  3. (transitive) To place in the ground.
    • bury a bone; bury the embers
  4. (figuratively, often, transitive) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
    • She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.
    1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.
      • vocals buried in the mix
    2. (broadly, figuratively, often, transitive) To overwhelm.
      • They buried us in paperwork.

See all 20 meanings of bury

Forms of burie

third-person singular presentburies
present participleburying
past participleburied
pastburied

Questions about burie

What is burie the obsolete spelling of?
Burie is the obsolete spelling of bury.

Words near burie in the dictionary

  1. Buridan's ass
  2. Buridan's asses
  3. Buridan's bridge
  4. Buridan's donkey
  5. Buridanian
  6. burie
  7. buried
  8. buried one's head in the sand
  9. buried penis
  10. buried the hatchet
  11. buried the lead

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