laid to rest
Put in ground
Laid to rest means buried or entombed after death: She was laid to rest beside her husband.
The phrase is a gentler alternative to "buried," treating death as sleep.
Figuratively, to lay something to rest is to settle it conclusively: The DNA evidence laid the controversy to rest.
- interredDeposited in earth
- graveSerious and worrying
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- burial plotCemetery land for remains
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
gone home · entombment · requiem · dirge · funeral service · sepulcher · casket · paying respects · cremation · six feet under · mausoleum · memorial · farewell · last goodbye · open casket · closure · eulogy · tomb
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- burial statesburied, unburied, entombed, interred, cremated
laid to restcremated
Burned after death
incinerated · scattered · exposed · mummified · sky burial
laid to restexhumed
Retrieved from burial
disinterred · dug up · unearthed · disturbed · desecrated
laid to restrevived
Restored to consciousness
resurrected · reopened · stirred up · brought back · dredged up
rest, layer, resting, restful, restless, rested, layers, laying, laid