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All 4 letters words made out of bury

bury ubry bruy rbuy urby ruby buyr ubyr byur ybur uybr yubr bryu rbyu byru ybru rybu yrbu uryb ruyb uyrb yurb ryub yrub

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Definitions and meaning of bury

bury

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: bĕr'ē, bû'rē
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.i/, /ˈbɜː.ɹi/
    • (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌ.ɹi/ (also used by some outside Scotland)
    • (Middlesbrough, Lancashire) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊ.ɹi/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹ.i/, /ˈbɝ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹi
  • Homophones: berry, Berry
  • Homophone: Barry (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger), beary (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
• (New Zealand) enPR: bĕr'ē, bâr'ē IPA^(key): /ˈbeɹiː/, /ˈbeəɹiː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹi, -ɛəɹi

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)

1. (transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
2. (transitive) To place in the ground.

3. (transitive, often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.

5. (transitive, figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
6. (transitive, figuratively) To score a goal.
7. (transitive, figurative, slang) To kill or murder.
8. To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out.

9. (transitive, figurative, humorous) To outlive.

10. (professional wrestling slang) Ruining 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)

1. (obsolete) A burrow.

References

Etymology 2

See borough.

Noun

bury (plural buries)

1. A borough; a manor

Anagrams

• Ruby, ruby

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.rɨ/
• Rhymes: -urɨ
• 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)

1. brownish dark grey
2. dark grey with spots

Declension

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Noun

bury m animal

1. (nominalized, regional) bear (ursid)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bury f

1. inflection of bura:
   1. genitive singular
   2. 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 buriet, past participle buriet)

1. (transitive) to bury