Слово англійською: bury
Дієслово
Переклад bury українською: похова́ти кого́, завали́ти кого́ (сні́гом і т. д.), зари́ти, закопа́ти
Детальний опис
dead person
- to place a dead body in the ground
- bury somebody/something They killed her and buried her body.
- bury somebody/something + adv./prep. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
- (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried.
- bury somebody (old-fashioned) to lose somebody by death
- She's 85 and has buried three husbands.
hide in ground
- to hide something in the ground
- bury something We used to dig for hours, looking for buried treasure.
- They plan to bury a time capsule containing work from every child in the school.
- bury something + adv./prep. The dog had buried its bone in the garden.
- The waste is buried deep underground.
Homophones berry | buryberry bury
/ˈberi/
- berry noun
- He picked a berry from the bush.
- bury verb
- They plan to bury a time capsule containing objects from the 2020s.
cover
[often passive] to cover somebody/something with soil, rocks, leaves, etc.- bury somebody/something A landslide buried about 25 people yesterday.
- bury somebody/something + adv./prep. The house was buried under ten feet of snow.
- Another vehicle was found buried under rubble.
- bury somebody/something + adj. The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed.
bury something (+ adv./prep.) to cover something so that it cannot be seen- Your letter got buried under a pile of papers.
- He buried his face in his hands and wept.
hide feeling
bury something to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc.- She had learnt to bury her feelings.
put deeply into something
bury something (in something) to put something deeply into something else- He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets.
- She always has her head buried in a book.
Word OriginOld English byrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb borrow and to borough.
Idioms bury the hatchet | bury your differences
- to stop not being friendly and become friends again
- After not speaking to each other for years, the two brothers decided to bury the hatchet.
bury/hide your head in the sand
- to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it
bury the lede/lead (US English)
- to fail to emphasize the most important part of a story or account
- Unfortunately, he buried the lede in the last paragraph of the story.
Phrasal Verbs