Bury and Pack

Bury

Bury verb - To place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea.

Pack and bury are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pack" instead a verb "Bury".

Nearby Words: buried, burying

Pack

Pack verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

Bury and pack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bury" instead a verb "Pack".

Nearby Words: packed, packaging, package, packet, packing

Common collocations

time bury time pack time
sword bury sword pack sword
ships bury ships pack ships

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Wayward Pines Yank the Dog's Chain: One of the resistance members finally manages to get past the fence, despite both attempts at bombing it foiled, and as he collapses exhausted with his dead friend, who he wants to bury, he is ambushed and devoured by a pack of Aberrations.
  • Series / From Dusk Till Dawn Sealed Evil in a Six Pack: Because after his time in the Labyrinth Carlos cannot be killed by staking or burning, the protagonists decide to cut his head and limbs and bury the pieces as far away from each other as they can.
  • The second edition's Splat Book for wizards suggested the use of a Magic Missile spell on a cliff face to bury a pack of wolves rather than plinking a single puppy.
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