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buried

/ˈbɛ.ɹid/verb, adjective2 syllables

Buried means: place in a grave or tomb.

Synonyms for buried14

verb, as in place in a grave or tomb

bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest

verb, as in enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up

verb, as in embed deeply

bury, sink

verb, as in dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

forget, bury

verb, as in cover from sight

bury

verb, as in place in the earth and cover with soil

bury

adjective, as in placed in a grave

inhumed, interred, belowground

Opposites of buried

unburied

What does buried mean?7

verb

1

place in a grave or tomb“Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”

2

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing“The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”

3

embed deeply“She sank her fingers into the soft sand”

4

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering“I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”

5

cover from sight“Afghani women buried under their burkas”

6

place in the earth and cover with soil“They buried the stolen goods”

adjective

1

placed in a grave“the hastily buried corpses”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with buried?4

two syllables

marriedvaried

three syllables

unmarriedremarried
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Buried in a sentence

  • To a woman, marriage means being buried alive with a bad man.DJ_Saidez
  • Ziri buried himself in the dirt, face up.Amastan
  • Her body was buried in a mass grave, and her personal belongings were burned.pip
  • The treasure is still in the forest, where it is buried under a tree.CK
  • After the dog died, they buried him in the backyard.Source_VOA
  • If somebody dies, they need to be buried.Miktsoanit
  • To make a long story short, we buried the hatchet.papabear
  • The facts are buried in a few old books.unknown

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