The Clue
Graveyard-shift work? (7 letter answer)
The Answer
BURYING
Tags
Notes
The answer BURYING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
BURYING as a noun:
1. (burying, burial) = concealing something under the ground
BURY as a verb:
1. cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2. (bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest) = place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
3. place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"
4. (immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up) = enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
5. (bury, sink) = embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
6. (forget, bury) = dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"