Some areas call this the age of sexual consent; others the age of consent; and even others, the age at which one cannot be convicted for  statutory rape  (also age of protection and age of sexual maturity). Read the DEFINITIONS page.
buryverb [ T ] uk â /Ëber.i/ us â /Ëber.i/. B1 to put a dead body into the ground: His father is buried in the cemetery on the hill. See also. burial. B2 to put something into a hole in the ground and cover it: The dog trotted off to bury its bone. buried treasure. âº usually passive to cover something or someone completely with a large quantity of something:
bury your head in the sand. to refuse to think about an unpleasant situation, hoping that it will improve so that you will not have to deal with it Parents said bullying was being ignored, and accused the headmaster of burying his head in the sand. See also: bury, head, in, sand, the. 1  Facebook.