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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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burs
English
Noun
burs
- plural of bur
Anagrams
- brus, rubs, srub, urbs
Danish
Noun
burs n
- indefinite genitive singular of bur
Latvian
Verb
burs
- 3rd person singular future indicative form of burt
- 3rd person plural future indicative form of burt
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
burs
- indefinite genitive singular of bur
Anagrams
- brus
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