buried beneath
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4.2
- idiom
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enterrado bajo
- All he could see of the schoolhouse was the weather vane; the rest of it was buried beneath the weekend's snowfall.
- find buried beneath
But all the censorship in the world cannot hide the grim truth that lies buried beneath the earth.
- But all the censorship in the world cannot hide the grim truth that lies buried beneath the earth.
- Later, she says, Gabby says, buried beneath the successful story I'd created about my life was a terrified little girl.
Examples
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Much of the estate lies in ruins, buried beneath decades of leaf fall and decay.
Academic text (2004) -
After brief attention in the media, the report was forgotten, buried beneath mounds of contradictory scientific opinion.
Fiction book (1993) -
When they were dead or useless, he had them buried beneath it.
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People buried beneath fallen buildings often waited for days to be rescued.
Academic text (2011) -
Most of our pyramid is buried deep beneath the desert.
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A quick inspection revealed the rubble of stone foundations buried beneath the undergrowth.
Fiction book (1992) -
The book held the secrets of the long-lost kingdom of Iule, long buried beneath the waves by the necromancer Myrrhlock.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Forum was buried beneath river silt, mudslide, debris and rubble from collapsing buildings.
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Much of the estate lies in ruins, buried beneath decades of leaf fall and decay.
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A few years earlier, IPX had found an alien ship buried beneath the surface of Mars.
Synonyms
153
5.7
Hidden and done secretly to avoid being found by authorities
125
1.1
A thing that is not easily seen or found
28
6.0
Most people do not know about it
25
6.2
Partly hidden or not said clearly
16
4.0
Under another thing, often below the surface
6
7.4
Hidden and not openly shown
6
6.3
Under the ground or below the top layer of a place
5
3.7
Hidden so people cannot see it
4
6.8
Hidden so people cannot see the true purpose or meaning
1
1.0
Having something on top or around it
A feeling that is hidden but easy to notice
Under the ground surface
A thing that is covered by a layer like a cloak or mist
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'hidden under or covered by something' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'buried' (covered/interred) with 'beneath' (under/in a lower position). This is a straightforward spatial compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand, and it is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Buried beneath gives the clear picture of something dug down or covered by other things: buried means put under earth or objects and beneath means below. So, when a fact or object is buried beneath ash, papers, or lies, it is 'hidden under' and hard to find.