buries

verb

present tense third-person singular of bury
1
as in inters
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday

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2
as in conceals
to put into a hiding place buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident

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3
as in overcomes
to defeat by a large margin if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us

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Recent Examples of buries His body is never recovered, and the Gardiner family buries an empty casket. — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026 Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden. — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026 But New England’s trade effectively grants Brown the proverbial Change Of Scenery that buries the receiver’s unsaid motivations. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 June 2026 Just keep in mind that Google buries the reporting tools deep in the admin console. — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026 Royal buries her head in Kenda’s armpit. — Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026 Enzo buries his head in his dad’s chest as if looking for refuge. — Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buries
  1. hides
  2. conceals
  3. overcomes
  4. lays
  5. throws
  6. entombs
  7. smothers
  8. flattens
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  • In an indirect prompt injection, an attacker hides instructions in content an AI agent will come across while doing a task—a web page or a forum post, for instance—hoping to hijack the agent.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In regulated work, the gap between a miss and a false certainty is enormous, and a single accuracy number hides it.
    — Murali Rajendran, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hides
Verb
  • But the tragedy conceals something nobody knows, and the falsehoods about Jung-hyun keep growing.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The three-word message conceals the depth of a man worthy of dissection.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of conceals
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  • Roger overcomes stage-fright to shine in the school performance.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Airscope overcomes this limitation by delivering a large field of view in a design light enough for animals to wear freely.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of overcomes
Verb
  • That said, the research lays a promising foundation for integrating electronics with biological tissue.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Unsurprisingly, the report lays a lot of blame on the US, which saw its emissions rise more than any other country in the past year.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of lays
Verb
  • The Michelin Pilot Sport 4S rubber provides exceptional grip, though throws-up plenty of road noise.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where LPGA star Charley Hull throws her bikini in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ring for the first time.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of throws
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  • The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.
    — Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Definition of entombs
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  • The circumstances are objectively potent — but Udofia smothers them in such a barrage of cutesiness and self-conscious signalling that a wall rises between us and the play.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma rushes out and smothers the ball.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of smothers
Verb
  • Chronic stress flattens that pattern, and consistent exercise helps restore it.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The girls do their solos, and Ericka flattens Paulina like a tractor mowing down a patch of dandelions.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of flattens

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“Buries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buries. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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