# buried

Pronunciation: say "BER-eed" /ˈbɛ.ɹid/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bury. — simple past and past participle of bury
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bury. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The villagers buried their dead on the hillside above the church._
   - _She had buried the old letters at the back of a drawer years ago._

## Adjective

2. Placed in a grave and covered with earth as part of a burial.
   - Simple: Put into the ground in a grave after a person or animal has died.
   - _The buried remains were exhumed for a forensic examination._
   - _Soldiers killed in the battle lay buried beneath the field for decades._
3. Concealed or hidden from view, often deep beneath something else.
   - Simple: Hidden away so it cannot be seen or found easily.
   - _The buried cables run several feet below the road surface._
   - _The most important detail was buried in the report's footnotes._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "bury" with the suffix "-ied".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/buried (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).