to place in a grave or tomb
social verb (politics, social activities, events, etc.)
put to rest
putting to rest
puts to rest
bury | entomb | inhume | inter | lay to rest
put + to + rest.
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to settle or finish, especially a question or discussion (9 of 10 words, 1 usage example)
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep. | refreshing ease or inactivity after exertion or labor. | relief or freedom, especially from anything that ... (22 of 550 words, 44 definitions, 22 usage examples, pronunciation)
to bury (a dead person) (5 of 395 words, 7 usage examples)
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a repository for the remains of the dead. It's generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. The word is used in a broad sense to encompass a number of such types of places of interment or, occasionally,... (42 of 507 words, 3 images)
to place in a tomb or grave; bury | to be a tomb for (13 of 30 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image)
to deposit in or as if in a tomb; "bury" | to serve as a tomb for (16 of 117 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
to put someone or something in or under something so that they cannot escape ; to put a dead person in a tomb (=an underground room) (26 of 67 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
place (a dead body) in a tomb | bury or trap within something (12 of 51 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
To place in or as if in a tomb or grave. | To serve as a tomb for. (17 of 26 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
to bury someone or something (5 of 25 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
in medieval French literature, a short romance, usually written in octosyllabic verse, that dealt with subjects thought to be of Celtic origin. The ... (23 of 162 words)
disposal of a corpse in a grave or tomb. The first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves of the Paleolithic period. Prehistoric ... (25 of 142 words)
to put a corpse into a tomb | to put something in a place that is hidden or very deep | to serve as a tomb for somebody or something (28 of 84 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
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Origin: put + to + rest.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/put to rest
Origin: Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English *putian ("to push, put out") (attested by ... | Origin unknown. | Old French pute. (21 of 78 etymology words)
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Origin: Middle English to ("to"), from Old English tō ("to"), from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta ("to"), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do ("to"). Cognate with Low German to ("to"), Dutch toe ("to"), German ... (29 of 46 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English rest, from Old English rest, ræst ("rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose,... | Middle English resten, from Old English restan ("to rest, cease from toil, be at rest, sleep, rest in death, lie... (34 of 196 etymology words)
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