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defeat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??fi?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (“disfigured”, past participle) and defet (“defect”, noun), see Etymology 2 below.
Verb
defeat (third-person singular simple present defeats, present participle defeating, simple past and past participle defeated)
- (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
- Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
- 1879, Adolphus Ward, Chaucer, in English Men of Letters
- In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- (transitive) To nullify
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- The escheators […] defeated the right heir of his succession.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
Derived terms
- self-defeating
Synonyms
- vanquish, overcome, beat
Hyponyms
- conquer (defeat and annex); rout, crush, cream (decisive); shutout, zilch (sports, to defeat without permitting any opposing score)
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.
Noun
defeat (countable and uncountable, plural defeats)
- The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
- Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
- The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
- The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
- Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
- 1909, The Southern Reporter, page 250:
- ... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title.
- 2008, Gene Porter, A Daughter of the Land, volume 1 (?ISBN), page 17:
- She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation and defeat of her hopes.
- 1909, The Southern Reporter, page 250:
- (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1:
- and made defeat of her virginity
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1:
Antonyms
- victory
Translations
Anagrams
- feated
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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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