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england | bury |

As proper nouns the difference between england and bury

is that england is the region of the island of great britain which is to the east of wales and the south of scotland; one of the constituent countries of the united kingdom while bury is a metropolitan borough of greater manchester, england.

england

English

(wikipedia England)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The region of the island of Great Britain which is to the east of Wales and the south of Scotland; one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
  • The United Kingdom.

    • Usage notes

    * Outside the UK, and even sometimes in England itself (especially historically; less often now), the term England often refers to the UK as a whole. This use is sometimes considered offensive, especially by residents of the other constituent countries of the UK.

    Related terms

    {{rel3, anglican , anglicise , anglicize , Anglo- , Church of England , Englander , English , Little Englander , New England , think of England}}

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    * English syncopic forms ----

    bury

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) burien, berien, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
  • To place in the ground.
  • (transitive, often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.
  • (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
  • (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Give me a bowl of wine. / In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
  • (figuratively) To score a goal.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 25, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC
    • , title= Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1) , passage=You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.}}
  • (slang) To kill or murder.
    • Derived terms
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    Related terms
    * burial * burian * bury the hatchet

    Noun

    (buries)
  • (lb) A .
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury , and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

    • References

    Etymology 2

    See (borough).

    Noun

    (buries)
  • A borough; a manor
  • * 1843 , , book 2, ch. 5, "Twelfth Century"
    • Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury , Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic

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