'Buried' definitions:
Definition of 'buried'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Buried'
From: GCIDE
- Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n. Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf. Burrow.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. --Matt. viii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. [1913 Webster]
- Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
- To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress. [1913 Webster] Burying ground
Definition of 'buried'
From: GCIDE
- buried \buried\ adj.
- 1. covered from view; as, her face buried (or hidden) in her hands; buried in the smoke of many rifles.
- Syn: hidden. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. placed in a grave; as, the hastily buried corpses. Opposite of unburied.
- Syn: inhumed, interred. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'buried'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruse,
- beclouded,
- blind,
- close,
- clouded,
- concealed,
- covered,
- covert,
- deep-buried,
- drowned,
- eclipsed,
- engulfed,
- flooded,
- guarded,
- hid,
- hidden,
- immersed,
- in a cloud,
- in a fog,
- in eclipse,
- in purdah,
- in the wings,
- incommunicado,
- inundated,
- latent,
- mysterious,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- privy,
- recondite,
- secluded,
- secluse,
- secret,
- sequestered,
- shrouded,
- subaqueous,
- submarine,
- submerged,
- submersed,
- subterranean,
- subterraneous,
- sunken,
- under an eclipse,
- under cover,
- under house arrest,
- under wraps,
- underground,
- undersea,
- underwater,
- unknown,
- wrapped in clouds