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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bury \Bur"y\ (b[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [See 1st {Borough}.]
   1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's;

   Note: used as a termination of names of places; as,
         Canterbury, Shrewsbury.

   2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]

            To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the
            lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of
            England.                              --Miege.

Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Burying}.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
   beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
   berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
   {Burrow}.]
   1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
      or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
      by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
      the face in the hands.

            And all their confidence Under the weight of
            mountains buried deep.                --Milton.

   2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
      deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
      deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
      ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.

            Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
                                                  --Matt. viii.
                                                  21.

            I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.

   3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
      to bury strife.

            Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all
            unkindness, Cassius.                  --Shak.

   {Burying beetle} (Zo["o]l.), the general name of many species
      of beetles, of the tribe {Necrophaga}; the sexton beetle;
      -- so called from their habit of burying small dead
      animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The
      larv[ae] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful
      scavengers.

   {To bury the hatchet}, to lay aside the instruments of war,
      and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
      observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
      tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

   Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
        overwhelm; repress.

資料來源 : WordNet®

bury
     v 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}]
     [also: {buried}]