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burye

burye 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 burye

third-person singular presentburyes
present participleburyeing
past participleburyed
pastburyed

Questions about burye

What is burye the obsolete spelling of?
Burye is the obsolete spelling of bury.

Words near burye in the dictionary

  1. Buryatian
  2. Buryatians
  3. buryatite
  4. Buryatiya
  5. Buryats
  6. burye
  7. buryin'
  8. burying
  9. burying beetle
  10. burying beetles
  11. burying ground

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