bury

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bĕr'ē, Rhymes: -ɛɹi Homophones: berry, Berry, (Mary–marry–merry merger) Barry, beary IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ɹi/ (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ɹiː/ (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: bû'rē, Rhymes: -ɜːɹi (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː.ɹi/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɚ.i/ enPR: bŭ'rē, Rhymes: -ʌɹi IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.ɹi/ (mainly Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbʊ.ɹi/ (Middlesbrough, Lancashire, Yorkshire) IPA(key): /ˈbə.ri/ (Indic) enPR: bâr'ē, Rhymes: -ɛəɹi Homophone: beary IPA(key): /ˈbeəɹiː/ (New Zealand, also) === Etymology 1 === Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects. ==== Verb ==== bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle burying, simple past and past participle buried) (transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb. (figurative, slang) To kill or murder. (figurative, humorous) To outlive. To place in the ground. (often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out. (by extension) To overwhelm. (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind. (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon. (sports) To score (a goal). (professional wrestling slang) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== burian ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== bury (plural buries) (obsolete) A burrow. ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === See borough. ==== Noun ==== bury (plural buries) A borough; a manor ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Ruby, ruby == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbu.rɘ/ Rhymes: -urɘ Syllabification: bu‧ry Homophone: Bury === Etymology 1 === Probably a post-Mongol invasion Turkic borrowing via Ukrainian бу́рий (búryj). Compare Russian бу́рый (búryj). ==== Adjective ==== bury (not comparable, no derived adverb) brownish dark grey dark grey with spots ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== bury m animal (nominalized, regional) bear (ursid) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== bury f inflection of bura: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural === Further reading === bury in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN bury in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Scots == === Etymology === From English bury. Replacing native form bery. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʌri/ === Verb === bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle buryin, simple past and past participle buriet) (transitive) to bury