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:
The late Old English form of the verb bury was byrgan, pronounced approximately (bÃ¼râ²yÉn). During Middle English times this (Ã¼) sound changed, but with different results in different regions of England: to (oÍo) as in put in the Midlands, to (Ä­) as in pit in southern England, or to (Ä) as in pet in southeast England.