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bury, v.
(buried, buries, burying)
freq. cnt. 18
more info cover from sight
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

bury

sample sentences

"Afghani women buried under their burkas"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
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more info place in a grave or tomb
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bury entomb inhume inter lay to rest

sample sentences

"Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"
"The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"
"My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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more info place in the earth and cover with soil
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

bury

sample sentences

"They buried the stolen goods"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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entailment
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more info embed deeply
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bury sink

sample sentences

"She sank her fingers into the soft sand"
"He buried his head in her lap"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

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Somebody ----s something PP
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more info enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

bury eat up immerse swallow swallow up

sample sentences

"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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more info dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 61 freq. cnt.: 61

bury forget

sample sentences

"I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They won't %s the story

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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