<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.</li><li>to put (a corpse) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony: They buried the sailor with full military honors.</li><li>to plunge in deeply; cause to sink in: to bury an arrow in a target.</li><li>to cover in order to conceal from sight: She buried the card in the deck.</li><li>to immerse (oneself): He buried himself in his work.</li><li>to put out of one's mind: to bury an insult.</li><li>to consign to obscurity; cause to appear insignificant by assigning to an unimportant location, position, etc.: Her name was buried in small print at the end of the book.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>inhume, entomb, inter, secrete, hide</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>exhume, disinter, uncover</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural bur·ies.</li><li>Nautical. housing.</li></ul>