Mot du jour: ensevelir

Definition: to bury
Synonyms: enterrer, enfouir, cacher

Ensevelir can mean to literally bury something, as in a body, or have more of a figurative meaning of burying or hiding something.

Rivière pense aux trésors ensevelis dans les profondeurs de la nuit comme dans les mers fabuleuses...(Vol de Nuit par Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
-Rivière thinks about treasures buried in the depths of the night, as in fabulous seas.


One can be enseveli in one's mind, as in the expressions être enseveli dans sa rêverie (to be deep in thought or be buried in daydreams) or être enseveli dans le chagrin (to be buried in sadness).


Another expression is s'ensevlir sous les ruines d'une place, literally to be buried under the ruins of a place, or, in other words, to die defending a place or idea until the last minute.