burying
Putting into earth
Burying is the act of putting something in the ground and covering it.
Bodies are buried in graves, dogs bury bones, and treasure gets buried for safekeeping.
The word extends to hiding or concealing: She buried herself in work, He buried the evidence.
To bury the hatchet is to make peace.
They're burying their grandmother tomorrow.
Serious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
casket · cremation · ashes · urn · graveyard · mausoleum · crypt · eulogy
Staying out of sight
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
- concealingKeeping something secret
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- secreteRelease from cells
cover-up · tucking away · obscuring · suppressing · ditching · disposing · evidence · smuggling
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
- repressingSubduing into unconsciousness
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- feelingsEmotional responses experienced internally
- memoriesStored past experiences
trauma · grief · pain · avoidance · coping · bottling up · pushing down · compartmentalizing
grave
Serious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
tombstone · casket · cremation · ashes · urn · graveyard · mausoleum · crypt · eulogy · pallbearer
hiding
Staying out of sight
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
- concealingKeeping something secret
- cacheConcealed storage spot
secrete · cover-up · tucking away · obscuring · suppressing · ditching · disposing · evidence · smuggling · contraband
suppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
- repressingSubduing into unconsciousness
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- feelingsEmotional responses experienced internally
memories · trauma · grief · pain · avoidance · coping · bottling up · pushing down · compartmentalizing · forgetting
engrossed
Wholly absorbed in something
work · books · research · distraction · preoccupied · head down · devoted
- overwhelming verbsflooding, drowning, crushing, smothering, swamping
- emotional maskingmasking, suppression, repression, hiding, bottling up
- suppressionrepression, inhibition, restraint, silencing, muzzling
- beach activitiesbeach volleyball, beach soccer, beach walks, beach party, bonfire
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- pet behaviortail wagging, purring, kneading, growling, hissing
buryingexhuming
Digging up buried remains
disinterring · unearthing · uncovering · exhumation · disinterment
buryingexposing
Making something known
revealing · disclosing · uncovering · bringing to light · unearthing
buryinghighlighting
Emphasizing key parts
featuring · showcasing · spotlighting · emphasizing · promoting
- burying the hatchetEnding hostilities permanently
- burying one's head in the sandIgnoring obvious problems deliberately
- burying the ledeConcealing crucial news deep
- burying groundPlot for the dead
- burying hatchetEnding a conflict
- burying deadPlacing deceased underground