burying
present participle ofbury
| 单词 | burying |
| 释义 | burying present participle ofbury bury verb[T] uk/ˈber.i/us/ˈber.i/buryverb[T](COVER WITH EARTH, ETC.)B1 to put adeadbodyinto theground: Hisfatheris buriedinthecemeteryon thehill. See also burial B2 to put something into aholein thegroundandcoverit: Thedogtrottedoff to buryitsbone. buriedtreasure usually passive tocoversomething or someonecompletelywith alargequantityof something: If anavalanchestrikes,skierscan be buriedalivebysnow. old-fashioned If someone says they buried someone, usually acloserelation, theymeanthat thepersondied: She buried both herparentslastyear. No-one should have to burytheirchild.
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hiding and disguising Covering and adding layers Death and dying buryverb[T](HIDE)C2 to put something in aplacewhere it isdifficultorimpossibletofindorsee: Ifoundthearticleburiedawayin thebusinesssectionof thenewspaper. She buried herfaceinherhandsandbegantosob. totrytopreventpeoplefromfindingout about something that hashappened: This was anattemptto bury thetruthabout the senator'sdeath. One of theoldesttricksfor buryingbadnewsis toreleaseit on the lastdayof theparliamentarysession. totrytoforgetanunpleasantexperienceortrynot tofeelanunpleasantemotion: He'd had to bury hispainover theyears. Many of us have beenhurtinrelationships, and afrequentformofdefenceis to buryyourfeelings.
Hiding and disguising
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Forgetting and forgetfulness buryverb[T](SCORE)sportsmainlyUKinformalspecialized tosendaballinto thenetof agoalwith a lot offorce: He made a zig-zaggingrunbefore burying theballwith hisleftfoot. Thornton buried theshotinto theleft-handsideof thenet.
General terms used in ball sports
Idiombury the hatchet Phrasal verbburyyourselfinsomething Examplesofburyingburying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Since most of the leaves of all species were at the apex of the stem, this did not involveburyingany leaves. From theCambridge English Corpus In a set of activities that involved burning andburying, the artefacts were taken out of the sphere of use and people's lives. From theCambridge English Corpus Buryingof the specimens (burrow lining with worm) was caused by fast sedimentation. From theCambridge English Corpus Buryingwomen, as well as men, with expensive rituals and grave goods allows a family to bury more often, increasing the occasions for display. From theCambridge English Corpus I amburyinga dream-bone, leaving it for later, incubating an innuendo, lying it real, reeling it in right. From theCambridge English Corpus The helical domain is composed of six a-helices that form a lid over the nucleotide-binding site,buryingbound nucleotides in the core of the protein. From theCambridge English Corpus As mentioned above, the de-wetting transition involved inburyingsurface area is inherently a many-body effect. From theCambridge English Corpus Results suggest that byburyingseeds dung beetles increase the probability that seeds will escape predation and germinate. From theCambridge English Corpus They result from a persistent tradition ofburyingthe dead on the same place for long periods. From theCambridge English Corpus Some proportion of small or medium-sized non-dormant seeds e may serendipitously benefit from dung beetles'buryingactivity. From theCambridge English Corpus At other times they protect themselves byburyingquickly into sandbanks and gravel, and stay there. From theCambridge English Corpus In the process ofburyingseeds, the ground cover was removed from both sites. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, households often hoarded cowries, usuallyburyingthem for safe keeping. From theCambridge English Corpus The interaction energies arise from the free energy ofburyinghydrophobic surface area, and hydrogen bonding between side-chains (and backbone in the case of helices). From theCambridge English Corpus These involveburyingsensitive or contentious issues likely to give rise to irreconcilable differences that threaten to make democracy unworkable. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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