unburied
unburied is the simple past and past participle of unbury.
Meaning of unbury
Verb
unbury (third-person singular simple present unburies, present participle unburying, simple past and past participle unburied)
- To dig up, to remove from the ground.
Adjective
unburied (not comparable)
- Not having been buried.
- Titus, unkind and careless of thine own,
Why suffer’st thou thy sons, unburied yet,
To hover on the dreadful shore of Styx?c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac... - And so great were the mischiefs they did, that these Isles of the Syrens, even as far off as Man can ken them, appeared all over white with the Bones of unburied Carcasses.1696, Arthur Gorges (translator), “The SYRENS, or Pleasures” in The Wisdom of the Ancients (De Sapientia Veterum, 1609) by Francis Bacon, p. 95
- Titus, unkind and careless of thine own,
Questions about unburied
- What does unburied mean?
- Unburied means not having been buried.
- What is unburied the simple past and past participle of?
- Unburied is the simple past and past participle of unbury.
- What part of speech is unburied?
- Unburied is an adjective.
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