| burial | | |
| n. (event) | 1. burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture | the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave. |
| ~ funeral | a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.; "hundreds of people attended his funeral" |
| n. (act) | 2. burial, burying | concealing something under the ground. |
| ~ concealing, hiding, concealment | the activity of keeping something secret. |
| ~ reburial, reburying | the act of burying again. |
| funeral | | |
| n. (event) | 1. funeral | a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.; "hundreds of people attended his funeral" |
| ~ ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance | a formal event performed on a special occasion.; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" |
| ~ burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture | the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave. |
| ~ sky burial | a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures. |
| grave | | |
| n. (time) | 1. grave | death of a person.; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" |
| ~ demise, dying, death | the time when something ends.; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. grave, tomb | a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).; "he put flowers on his mother's grave" |
| ~ burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave. |
| ~ gravestone, tombstone, headstone | a stone that is used to mark a grave. |
| ~ mastaba, mastabah | an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof.; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| n. (communication) | 3. grave, grave accent | a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
| ~ accent mark, accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| v. (contact) | 4. grave, sculpt, sculpture | shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" |
| v. (contact) | 5. engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| ~ engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into.; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" |
| ~ character | engrave or inscribe characters on. |
| adj. | 6. grave, sedate, sober, solemn | dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" |
| ~ serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" |
| adj. | 7. dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" |
| ~ critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" |
| adj. | 8. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| tomb | | |
| bury | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. bury | cover from sight.; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" |
| ~ conceal, hide | prevent from being seen or discovered.; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" |
| v. (social) | 2. bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest | place in a grave or tomb.; "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" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| v. (contact) | 3. bury | place in the earth and cover with soil.; "They buried the stolen goods" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ posit, situate, deposit, fix | put (something somewhere) firmly.; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" |
| v. (contact) | 4. bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (contact) | 5. bury, sink | embed deeply.; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" |
| ~ embed, imbed, implant, engraft, plant | fix or set securely or deeply.; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" |
| ~ countersink, set | insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink). |
| v. (cognition) | 6. bury, forget | dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" |
| ~ unlearn | try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge. |
| ~ repress, suppress | put out of one's consciousness. |
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