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Put six feet under (4 letters)

{ Answer }

BURY

{ Related Clues }

Conceal
Hide
Inter
Completely repress
Hide well
Lay in a grave
Put under?
Repress in memory
Secrete, in a way
Securely hide
Hide, as a dog's bone
"I come to ___ Caesar . . . "
___ Saint Edmunds, in England

{ Tags }

bone, bury, caesar, come, completely, conceal, dogs, edmunds, england, feet, grave, hide, i, inter, lay, put, repress, saint, six, under, well

{ Notes }

The answer BURY is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 950 puzzles.

{ Definition }

BURY as a verb:

1. cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"

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"

3. place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"

4. (immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up) = enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

5. (bury, sink) = embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"

6. (forget, bury) = dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

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