Meaning

1 senses

  1. To dig up, to remove from the ground.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Leaving an unburied corpse behind is profanity.

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Origin

From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English un

From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English unbyrġed (“unburied”)), equivalent to un- + bury.

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Forms

unburies, unburying, unburied, unburied
Base formunbury · to unbury
3rd person singularunburies
Present participleunburying
Past simpleunburied
Past participleunburied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunbury
he, she, itunburies

Past simpleLesson

all personsunburied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unburied
he, she, ithas unburied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unbury

Word family

1 related words
Relatedunburial

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unbornunbreakableunburdenunbuttonuncannyC2uncaring
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