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/icons/point.icon HIDE, CONCEAL, SCREEN, SECRETE, BURY mean to withhold or withdraw from sight.
HIDE may or may not suggest intent.
e.g. hide in the closet a house hidden in the woods
CONCEAL usually does imply intent and often specifically implies a refusal to divulge.
e.g. concealed the weapon
SCREEN implies an interposing of something that prevents discovery.
e.g. a house screened by trees
SECRETE suggests a depositing in a place unknown to others.
e.g. secreted the amulet inside his shirt
BURY implies covering up so as to hide completely.
e.g. buried the treasure
verb (buries, burying, buried)
1. with object put or hide under ground:
〈人が〉(地中などに)〈物〉を埋める, (埋めて)隠す
e.g. he buried the box in the back garden
e.g. (as adjective buried) : buried treasure.
(usually be buried) place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea, typically with funeral rites:
〈人が〉 «…に» 〈死者〉を埋葬する «in, at» (!火葬するcremateと違い, 土葬すること)
e.g. he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
lose (someone, especially a relative) through death:
⦅やや古⦆ 〈身内など〉を失う, に先立たれる.
e.g. she buried her sixty-year-old husband.
2. completely cover; cause to disappear or become inconspicuous:
〖通例be -ied〗【土・葉などに】覆われる, 下敷きになる; 埋もれる(away) «under, beneath»
e.g. the countryside has been buried under layers of concrete
e.g. figurative : the warehouse was buried in the faceless sprawl of the city.
move or put out of sight:
〈人が〉 «…に» (つらさのあまり)〈顔・頭など〉を隠す, うずめる «in»
e.g. she buried her face in her hands
e.g. with his hands buried in the pockets of his overcoat.
deliberately forget; conceal from oneself:
⦅主に書⦆ 〈感情・思い出など〉をしまい込む, 葬り去る
e.g. they had buried their feelings of embarrassment and fear.
overwhelm (an opponent) beyond hope of recovery:
⦅くだけて⦆ (競技・仕事などで)〈人〉をたやすく負かす.
e.g. losses that would bury multiple businesses.
(bury oneself) involve oneself deeply in something to the exclusion of other concerns:
ひきこもる, 田舎などへ行く
e.g. he buried himself in work.
PHRASES
bury one's head in the sand
ignore unpleasant realities.
ORIGIN
Old English byrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb borrow and to borough.