bury

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bury/ˈberi/

▶verb (buries, burying, buried)

• 1 put or hide underground.

  ■ place (a dead body) in the earth or a tomb.

• 2 cover completely.

  ■ cause to disappear or become unnoticeable.

• 3 (bury oneself) involve oneself deeply in something.

– phrases
bury one's head in the sand ignore unpleasant realities.

– origin OE byrgan, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to borrow and borough.