Standard Lemma guide

buried

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɛ.ɹid/
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  • rhymes with -ɛɹid
  • CMU ARPABET: B EH1 R IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Placed in a grave at a burial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Concealed, hidden.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of bury

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

placed in a grave

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the hastily buried corpses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inhumed, interred

Antonyms: unburied

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhergh-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bur(y) English -ied English buried From bur(y) + -ied.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَدْفُون (madfūn) — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Catalan: enterrat — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Dutch: begraven — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Finnish: haudattu — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • French: enterré — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • French: enseveli — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • German: beerdigt — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Greek: θαμμένος (thamménos) — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Italian: sepolto — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Japanese: 眠る (nemuru) — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Korean: 매장 (maejang) — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Latin: sepultus — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Polish: pogrzebany — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Spanish: enterrado — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Swedish: begravd — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Swedish: begraven — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Turkish: gömülü — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Turkish: metfun — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوممه (gömme) — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Ukrainian: похований (poxovanyj) — Placed in a grave at a burial
  • Arabic: دَفِين (dafīn) — Concealed, hidden
  • Finnish: peitetty — Concealed, hidden
  • French: enfoui — Concealed, hidden
  • French: enseveli — Concealed, hidden
  • German: vergraben — Concealed, hidden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nedgravd — Concealed, hidden
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوممه (gömme) — Concealed, hidden
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