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underburying

underburying is the present participle and gerund of underbury.

Meaning of underbury

Verb

underbury (third-person singular simple present underburies, present participle underburying, simple past and past participle underburied)

  1. (rare, transitive) 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...

Questions about underburying

What is underburying the present participle and gerund of?
Underburying is the present participle and gerund of underbury.

Words near underburying in the dictionary

  1. underburned
  2. underburning
  3. underburns
  4. underburnt
  5. underbury
  6. underburying
  7. underbush
  8. underbushed
  9. underbushes
  10. underbushing
  11. underbust

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