buried
- v cover from sight
Afghani women buried under their burkas - v place in a grave or tomb
Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square - v place in the earth and cover with soil
They buried the stolen goods - v enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- v embed deeply
He buried his head in her lap - v dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- a placed in a grave
the hastily buried corpses
burked
- v murder without leaving a trace on the body
- v get rid of, silence, or suppress
- s suppressed quietly or indirectly
burled
- v remove the burls from cloth
- s (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl
burlesque
- n a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- v make a parody of
- a relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
burlesque theater
burmese
- n a native or inhabitant of Myanmar
- n the official language of Burma
- a of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people
burned
- v destroy by fire
They burned the house and his diaries - v shine intensely, as if with heat
- v undergo combustion
- v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
The sun burned his face - v cause to burn or combust
The sun burned off the fog - v feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- v cause to undergo combustion
- v burn at the stake
Witches were burned in Salem - v spend (significant amounts of money)
- v feel hot or painful
- v burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- v get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- v create by duplicating data
- v use up (energy)
- v burn with heat, fire, or radiation
- s treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
- s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
a row of burned houses
a burned-over site in the forest - s ruined by overcooking