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overcome
English
Etymology
From Middle English overcomen, from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”), corresponding to over- +? come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen (“to overcome”), German überkommen (“to overcome”), Danish overkomme (“to overcome”), Swedish överkomma (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v??k?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?v???k?m/
Verb
overcome (third-person singular simple present overcomes, present participle overcoming, simple past overcame, past participle overcome)
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- to overcome enemies in battle
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, Ch. 4:
- By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls.
- (transitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- To overflow; to surcharge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Philips to this entry?)
Translations
Noun
overcome (plural overcomes)
- (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
- (Scotland) A surplus.
References
- overcome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- overcome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- come over, come-over, comeover
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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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