burying 1 of 2

noun

Definition of buryingnext
as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland

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burying

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verb

present participle of bury
1
as in interring
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 concealing
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 throwing
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 Synonyms for burying
  1. burial
  2. funeral
  3. hiding
  4. whipping
  5. trimming
  6. beating
  7. mastering
  8. upsetting
Noun
  • Cut to everyone on the ranch preparing for John’s burial — and the metaphorical funeral of the Yellowstone itself.
    William Earl, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Those efforts still failed to find any crash or burial sites associated with the crew of Little Joe.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of burial
Noun
  • Styles and his former bandmates attended Payne's funeral on Nov. 20.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The actual funeral was another hour away from Rome in a small Lutheran church.
    Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of funeral
Verb
  • Your top performers have figured out a secret that's hiding in plain sight.
    B.D. Dalton, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Your top performers have figured out a secret that's hiding in plain sight.
    B.D. Dalton, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of hiding
Verb
  • Sick of whipping out a hair dryer, round brush, and a straightener to achieve a frizz-free blowout?
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With gusts of up to 80 mph possible, a small fire could transform into an inferno, whipping embers at astonishing speeds and leaving firefighters with few options other than trying to get people to evacuate.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • Just three percent of his shots this season have come from deep, continuing a six-year trend of trimming his three-point attempts.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The entire hotel transforms into a winter wonderland, and guests gather from near and far to vote on their favorite rendition of trimming a tree.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of trimming
Verb
  • Palo Alto’s business is doing well — the company reported expectations-beating results for its fiscal 2025 first quarter, raised full year guidance, and announced a 2-for-1 stock split occurring later this month, according to Investopedia.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Last World Cup in Qatar was won by Lionel Messi’s Argentina, beating France in the final.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of beating
Verb
  • After mastering street skating in Brazil’s local circuits, Bufoni became a six-time X Games Gold Medalist, a Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Super Crown Champion, and an Olympian for Brazil.
    Andy Frye, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Researchers found in preliminary results that AI was still far from mastering the game.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of mastering
Verb
  • Failing to do so risks upsetting a leader with a short fuse and the power to sink a company’s stock or ignite a boycott with a single social media post.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Ranked in the preseason Top 25, the Jayhawks limped to a 2-6 start before upsetting 7-1 Iowa State.
    Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of upsetting
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