Past tense of bury
regular verb
The past tense of bury is buried. The past participle is also buried.
Forms of bury
| Base form (V1) | bury /ˈbɛɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | buried /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ |
| Past participle (V3) | buried /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ |
| Present participle | burying |
| Third person singular | buries |
Buried in a sentence
- Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree.2013, Eleanor Morse, White Dog Fell From the Sky
- She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.
- She was buried with her mom and hopefully they are together now.From the entry hopefully
- The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.From the entry seizing
- Marbles were among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.From the entry marbles
Meaning of bury
- verb To kill or murder.
- verb To outlive.
- verb To place in the ground.
Questions about the past tense of bury
- What is the past tense of bury?
- The past tense of bury is buried.
- What is the past participle of bury?
- The past participle of bury is buried.
- Is bury a regular or irregular verb?
- Bury is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bury (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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