PHRASES
- be dead and buried
- Those people are now all dead and buried. (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried
- bury sb alive
ADV
- deep
- underground
- The waste is buried deep underground
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
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?
