# burying

Pronunciation: say "BE-ree-ing" US/UK /ˈbɛ.ɹi.ɪŋ/, AUS /ˈbe.ɹiː.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of bury. — present participle and gerund of bury
   - Simple: Present participle of bury. Use this form for the action happening now or as a name for the action itself.
   - _The crew was burying the cables beneath the road._
   - _Burying his feelings only made the situation worse._

## Noun

2. The placing of a dead body into the ground; a burial.
   - Simple: The act of putting a dead body into the ground.
   - _The burying of the war dead continued for several days after the battle._
   - _A hasty burying by the roadside was all the travelers could manage._

## Origin

Formed from "bury" combined with the suffix "-ing".

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