bury
part of speech
verb (bury, buries, buried, burying)
meaning for a pupil
1) To bury means to put something in a hole in the ground and cover it with earth. tree →
2) To bury a dead person or animal means to put their body in the ground, usually with a ceremony. tree →
3) To bury can mean to hide something under other things. tree →
4) To bury yourself in something means to give it all your attention. tree →
sense in the lessons
In nature lessons, squirrels bury nuts for winter and dogs bury bones. In history, archaeologists dig up things buried long ago, like Roman coins; pirates in stories bury treasure. In family life, people bury a pet in the garden or a person in a cemetery, which helps them say goodbye. Phrases: bury treasure, buried in, bury your head in the sand, bury the hatchet.
examples
- The dog buried its bone in the garden. tree →
- Squirrels bury acorns to eat in winter. tree →
- The pirates buried their treasure on the island. tree →
- We buried our hamster under the apple tree. tree →
- My homework was buried under a pile of books. tree →
- She buried her face in her hands. tree →
- Archaeologists found a buried Viking ship. tree →
- He buried himself in a good book. tree →
- “Wendy, look at the turtles burying their eggs in the sand.” tree →
note
Said «BER-ee», exactly like «berry», the fruit; do not mix them up. Y changes to ie: buries, buried; but burying. Noun: burial. «Bury the hatchet» means make peace.
In the corpora
- They share memories, sing or pray, and then the body is buried or cremated.
- Nearly 2000 years ago a volcano buried a Roman town and burned a library of scrolls to black lumps that nobody could open.
- Real squirrels bury nuts and forget many of them, so the nuts grow into new trees.
- Ostriches do not bury their heads in sand; they could not breathe, and it would not make them safer.
- Agoutis open hard Brazil nut pods and bury spare seeds, and the forgotten seeds grow into new Brazil nut trees.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bury» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.