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beerdigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bury verb To place a body in the ground, typically as part of a funeral.
  • earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.

Senses

beerdigen is used for these senses in English:

  • bury (often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
  • deep six (idiomatic) To discard, get rid of, or cancel; to completely put an end to something.
  • earth (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

bury — full definition

  1. verb To place a body in the ground, typically as part of a funeral.
  2. verb To put something in the ground and cover it over.
  3. verb To hide or suppress a feeling, memory, or fact.
  4. verb To put an end to something, such as a disagreement.

earth — full definition

  1. name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
  2. noun Soil or ground; loose dirt.
  3. noun The ground or land, as opposed to sky or sea.
  4. noun A connection to the ground in an electrical circuit (British English for "ground").
  5. verb To connect something electrically to the ground.

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