Word Finder - buries

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To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

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To place in the ground.

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bury a bone;  bury the embers

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To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

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she buried her face in the pillow;  they buried us in paperwork

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To suppress and hide away in one's mind.

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secrets kept buried; she buried her shame and put on a smiling face.

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To put an end to; to abandon.

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They buried their argument and shook hands.

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To score a goal.

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To kill or murder.

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To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out.

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vocals buried in the mix

The lava completely buries the pre-existent land forms over most of its extent.

It buries itself alive.

The living animal buries itself in the sand with only the posterior extremity projecting into the Siphonopodiidae.

You can also use ferrets to bolt the rabbits out of their buries.

This time our shells not only neutralize the troops but also cause a landslide which buries much enemy equipment and stores.

A diggingwasp hunts for insect prey and buries it with the egg, while a true wasp feeds her brood with captured insects, as a bird her fledglings.

With their Town Gates closed, one player buries one item for the other players to find.

Fun Fact The Jay buries acorns in the ground, stored away for a future meal.

Among the more interesting birds may be mentioned the " mound builder " (Megapodius cumingi, Dillwyn), which buries its large eggs in the soft sand along the sea beach, or under great mounds of earth and dead leaves, often at a depth of three or more feet below the surface.

The reproduction of tsetse-flies is highly remarkable; instead of laying eggs or being ovovivi parous the females deposit at intervals of about a fortnight or three weeks a single full-grown larva, which forthwith buries itself in the ground to a depth of several centi metres, and assumes the pupal state.