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verb dead person PHRASES be dead and buried Those people are now all dead and buried. (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. | bury sb alive hide in the ground ADV. deep | underground The waste is buried deep underground. cover ADV. completely a fallen tree trunk almost completely buried in the long grass PHRASES be buried alive The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed. | be/get buried beneath/under sth The building was now buried under three metres of soil. Your letter got buried under a pile of papers. put sth deeply into sth ADV. deep/deeply He slumped forward, the knife buried deep in his chest. (figurative) her deeply buried pain PHRASES lie/remain buried (often figurative) The king is dead and lies buried at Jedburgh Abbey. What secrets lie buried in the past?
Oxford Collocations Dictionary