| VERB | perception | bury | cover from sight |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest | place in a grave or tomb | |
| contact | bury | place in the earth and cover with soil | |
| contact | bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | |
| contact | bury, sink | embed deeply | |
| cognition | bury, forget | dismiss from the mind |
| Sounds | beh'riy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | cover from sight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Broader | hide, conceal | prevent from being seen or discovered |
| Spanish | cobijarse, cubrirse, enterrar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Catalan | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Meaning | place in a grave or tomb. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot bury Sue | |
| Synonyms | entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest | |
| Broader | lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position |
| Spanish | enterrar, inhumar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Catalan | enterrar, inhumar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Nouns | burial | the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave |
| Meaning | place in the earth and cover with soil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Entails | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Broader | situate, fix, posit, deposit | put (something somewhere) firmly |
| Spanish | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Catalan | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Nouns | burial | concealing something under the ground |
| Meaning | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | immerse, swallow, swallow up, eat up | |
| Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
| Spanish | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar, sumir | |
| Catalan | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar, sumir | |
| Meaning | embed deeply. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | sink | |
| Narrower | set, countersink | insert / insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) |
| Broader | implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant | Fix or set securely or deeply |
| Spanish | enterrar, hundir, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Catalan | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar | |
| Meaning | dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" | |
| Synonym | forget | |
| Narrower | suppress, repress | put out of one's consciousness |
| unlearn | try to forget | |
| Opposite | remember, think of | Keep in mind / mind for attention or consideration |
| Spanish | olvidar | |
| Catalan | oblidar | |
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