bury
bury
(verb)
1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The
huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, [[eat
up]]]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget] [ant: remember]