Dictionary 1. (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's2. (n.) A manor house; a castle. 3. (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands. 4. (v. t.) Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume. 5. (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. Thesaurus abandon baptize bosom bottle up cache coffin conceal conduct a funeral consign to oblivion cover up deluge deposit dip douse drown duck dunk embosom encoffin engulf ensepulcher enshrine entomb eradicate extirpate file and forget forget hearse hide hide away immerge immerse inearth inhume inter inundate inurn keep hidden keep secret lay to rest lock up merge obscure overcome overwhelm plant plunge plunge in water put away seal up secrete sepulture sink souse stash store away stow away submerge submerse tomb whelm |