Bury vs. Ensconced

Buryverb

(transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

Ensconcedadjective

Placed in a secure environment.

Buryverb

(transitive) To place in the ground.

‘bury a bone;’; ‘bury the embers’;

Ensconcedadjective

Settled comfortably.

Buryverb

To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

‘she buried her face in the pillow;’; ‘they buried us in paperwork’;

Ensconcedverb

simple past tense and past participle of ensconce

Buryverb

To suppress and hide away in one's mind.

‘secrets kept buried; she buried her shame and put on a smiling face.’;

Buryverb

To put an end to; to abandon.

‘They buried their argument and shook hands.’;

Buryverb

To score a goal.

Buryverb

To kill or murder.

Burynoun

(obsolete) A burrow.

Burynoun

A borough; a manor

Burynoun

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

Burynoun

A manor house; a castle.

‘To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England.’;

Buryverb

To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.

‘And all their confidenceUnder the weight of mountains buried deep.’;

Buryverb

Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.

‘Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.’; ‘I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave.’;

Buryverb

To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.

‘Give me a bowl of wineIn this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.’;

Buryverb

cover from sight;

‘Afghani women buried under their burkas’;

Buryverb

place in a grave or tomb;

‘Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square’; ‘The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids’; ‘My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday’;

Buryverb

place in the earth and cover with soil;

‘They buried the stolen goods’;

Buryverb

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

‘The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter’;

Buryverb

embed deeply;

‘She sank her fingers into the soft sand’; ‘He buried his head in her lap’;

Buryverb

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering;

‘i tried to bury these unpleasant memories’;