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unbury

unbury verb: to dig up, to remove from the ground.

Verb

unbury (third-person singular simple present unburies, present participle unburying, simple past and past participle unburied)

  1. To dig up, to remove from the ground.

Forms of unbury

third-person singular presentunburies
present participleunburying
past participleunburied
pastunburied

Origin of unbury

From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English unbyrġed (“unburied”)), equivalent to un- + bury.

Questions about unbury

What does unbury mean?
Unbury means to dig up, to remove from the ground.
What part of speech is unbury?
Unbury is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbury?
The past tense of unbury is unburied.

Words near unbury in the dictionary

  1. unburthen
  2. unburthened
  3. unburthening
  4. unburthens
  5. unburthensome
  6. unbury
  7. unburyable
  8. unburying
  9. unbushed
  10. unbushlike
  11. unbushy

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