enterrar — meaning in English

English meaning

• bury verb To place a body in the ground, typically as part of a funeral.
• dunk verb To dip something briefly into a liquid.
• earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
• inter verb To bury a body in the ground or in a tomb.

Senses

enterrar is used for these senses in English:

• bury To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
• bury To place in the ground.
• bury (often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
• dunk (ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
• earth (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
• inhume (transitive) To bury in a grave.
• inter To bury in a grave.

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.

dunk — full definition

1. verb To dip something briefly into a liquid.
2. verb In basketball, to slam the ball down through the hoop while holding the rim.
3. noun The act of dunking, especially a basketball slam dunk.

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