What is the meaning of burying?

noun

• Concealing something under the ground.
  • synonyms: burial

verb

• Cover from sight.
  • usage: "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
  • synonyms: bury
• Place in a grave or tomb.
  • usage: "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
  • synonyms: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
• Place in the earth and cover with soil.
  • usage: "They buried the stolen goods"
  • synonyms: bury
• Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.
  • usage: "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
  • synonyms: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
• Embed deeply.
  • usage: "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
  • synonyms: bury, sink
• Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.
  • usage: "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
  • synonyms: forget, bury