Definition of BURIES

buries

Verb

Verb Forms: buries, buried, burying, bury

  • Covers or hides something, often underground.
  • To put (a corpse) in the ground; to cover completely.
  • cover from sight
  • place in a grave or tomb
  • place in the earth and cover with soil
  • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  • embed deeply
  • dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
  • third-person singular simple present indicative of bury

Examples

  • Every time she plays a high-scoring word, she buries her opponent’s chances of winning.
  • She BURIES her high-value tiles until the perfect triple word score opens up.

Synonyms

bury, eat up, entomb, forget, immerse, inhume, inter, lay to rest, sink, swallow, swallow up

Antonyms

remember

Scrabble Score: 8

buries: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
buries: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
buries: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

buries: valid Words With Friends Word