BURIES

Cover from sight

Example: "Afghani women buried under their burkas"

Place in a grave or tomb

Example: "Stalin was buried behind the kremlin wall on red square"

• entomb  10
• inhume  11
• inter  5
• lay to rest

Place in the earth and cover with soil

Example: "They buried the stolen goods"

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

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

• eat up
• immerse  11
• swallow  13
• swallow up

Embed deeply

Example: "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"

• sink  8

• embed  10
• engraft  11
• imbed  10
• implant  11
• plant  7

• countersink  17
• set  3

Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

Example: "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

• forget  10

• unlearn  7
• repress  9
• suppress  12
• unsee