bury

bury
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. inter, inhume, immure; cover, sink. See interment, depth, concealment.Ant., exhume.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To inter]
Syn. inhume, lay in the grave, lay to rest, entomb, consign to dust, enshrine, ensepulcher, deposit in the earth, embalm, give burial to, hold funeral services for, hold (the) last rites for, lay out, mummify, put six feet under*.
Ant. exhume*, disinter, dig up.
2. [To cover]
Syn. hide, conceal, secrete, stow away; see hide 1 .
3. [To occupy]
Syn. engross, immerse, engage, inundate; see occupy 3 .
4. [To embed]
Syn. sink, implant, drive in; see embed 1 , fasten 1 .
5. [To defeat]
Syn. overcome, win over, beat, conquer; see defeat 1 , 2 , 3 .
See Synonym Study at hide .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. inter entomb, inhume, sepulcher, lay to rest.
2. embed sink, submerge, implant, engulf.
3. cover conceal, hide, cache, stash, secrete.
ANT.: 1. exhume, dig up. 3. expose, air
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave: entomb, inhume, inter, lay1. Idiom: lay (or put) to rest. See SHOW. 2. To put or keep out of sight: cache, conceal, ensconce, hide1, occult, secrete. Slang: plant, stash. See SHOW.

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