underbury
underbury verb: to bury beneath; bury under.
Verb
underbury (third-person singular simple present underburies, present participle underburying, simple past and past participle underburied)
- To bury beneath; bury under.
- When the marriage act was mooted, Keith swore that he would revenge himself upon the bishops, by taking some acres of land for a burying-ground, and underburying them all.1864, “July 24. [Mint, Savoy, and May-Fair Marriages.]”, in R[obert] Chambers, editor, The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, […], volume II, London...
- The identification of faults, or fractures along which there has been movement is especially desirable, inasmuch as fractures of this type extend more deeply than others, and usually constitute the channels for the upward circulation of the original mineralized hot waters, volcanic vapors. etc....1907, Mining and Engineering World - Volume 26 - Page 531
Forms of underbury
| third-person singular present | underburies |
|---|---|
| present participle | underburying |
| past participle | underburied |
| past | underburied |
Origin of underbury
From under- + bury.
Questions about underbury
- What does underbury mean?
- Underbury means to bury beneath; bury under.
- What part of speech is underbury?
- Underbury is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underbury?
- The past tense of underbury is underburied.
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