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bury
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: b?'-ri, IPA(key): /?b?.?i/, /?b?.?i/
- Rhymes: -??i
- Homophone: berry
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /?b?.?i/ (also used by some outside Scotland)
- (Middlesbrough and Lancashire) IPA(key): /?b?.?i/
Etymology 1
Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byr?an, from Proto-Germanic *burgijan? (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?erg?- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”); also Albanian mburojë (“shield”), Eastern Lithuanian bir?ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian ??????? (beré??, “to spare”), Ossetian ???????? (æmbærzyn, “to cover”).
The spelling with ?u? represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /?/ is from the Kentish dialects.
Verb
bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle burying, simple past and past participle buried)
- (transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
- (transitive) To place in the ground.
- (transitive, often figuratively) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- (transitive, figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- (transitive, figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To score a goal.
- (transitive, figuratively, slang) To kill or murder.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out.
- (transitive, figuratively, humorous) To outlive.
- Grandpa's still in excellent health. He'll bury us all!
Derived terms
Related terms
- burian
Translations
Noun
bury (plural buries)
- (obsolete) A burrow.
References
Etymology 2
See borough.
Noun
bury (plural buries)
- A borough; a manor
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, "Twelfth Century"
- Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury, Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, "Twelfth Century"
Anagrams
- Ruby, ruby
Polish
Etymology
A post-Mongol invasion Turkic borrowing as Ukrainian ?????? (búryj) and Russian ?????? (búryj), which latter see.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bu.r?/
Adjective
bury
- brownish dark grey
- dark grey with spots
Declension
Related terms
- (prefix) buro-
- (adverb) buro
- (adjective) burawy
- (nouns) burek, buro??
Noun
bury m anim
- (regional) bear (ursid)
Further reading
- bury in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Etymology
From English bury. Replacing native form bery.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ri/
Verb
bury (third-person singular present buries, present participle buryin, past buriet, past participle buriet)
- (transitive) to bury
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begrave
English
Etymology
From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigraban? (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- +? grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (bigraban, “to dig around”).
Verb
begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begraven)
- (transitive, obsolete) To bury.
- (transitive, obsolete) To engrave.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
begrave
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of begraven
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Presumably from be- +? grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava
Verb
begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)
- to bury
- begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet
Derived terms
- begravelse
References
- “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b???ra?v?/
Verb
begrave
- to bury
Inflection
Derived terms
- begraafplak
Further reading
- “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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