'Buried' definitions:

Definition of 'buried'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses" [syn: buried, inhumed, interred] [ant: unburied]

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'

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