Grave
noun
A hole dug in the ground where a dead person is buried.
My grandfather was buried in the family grave.
Often appears as...
- visit a grave
- decorate a grave
adjective
Serious, important and causing worry.
The doctor has grave concerns about his health.
Often appears as...
- grave danger
- grave error
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Disapproving
verb
To carve or sculpt design or letters onto a hard surface.
He spent many hours graving the stone.
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Archaic
noun
A term used in music to indicate a slow and solemn tempo.
The composer wrote 'Grave' at the beginning of the piece.
Often appears as...
- grave tempo
- grave section
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Technical
noun
A hole dug in the ground where a dead person is buried.
My grandfather was buried in the family grave.
Often appears as...
- visit a grave
- decorate a grave
adjective
Serious, important and causing worry.
The doctor has grave concerns about his health.
Often appears as...
- grave danger
- grave error
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To carve or sculpt design or letters onto a hard surface.
He spent many hours graving the stone.
Usage tips
Archaic
noun
A term used in music to indicate a slow and solemn tempo.
The composer wrote 'Grave' at the beginning of the piece.
Often appears as...
- grave tempo
- grave section
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Grave is often associated with respect for the deceased; use this term with solemnity and care.
They quietly gathered around the grave to pay their respects.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Sleep
'Grave' refers to a burial spot, not 'grave' as in a bed to 'lay down' for sleep.
It's a common mistake to confuse 'go to the grave' with expressions like 'go to bed'.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'grave' is used metaphorically to mean a serious, possibly final, outcome.
His career is in the grave after that scandal.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Grave is often associated with respect for the deceased; use this term with solemnity and care.
They quietly gathered around the grave to pay their respects.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Sleep
'Grave' refers to a burial spot, not 'grave' as in a bed to 'lay down' for sleep.
It's a common mistake to confuse 'go to the grave' with expressions like 'go to bed'.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'grave' is used metaphorically to mean a serious, possibly final, outcome.
His career is in the grave after that scandal.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Grave is often associated with respect for the deceased; use this term with solemnity and care.
They quietly gathered around the grave to pay their respects.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Sleep
'Grave' refers to a burial spot, not 'grave' as in a bed to 'lay down' for sleep.
It's a common mistake to confuse 'go to the grave' with expressions like 'go to bed'.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'grave' is used metaphorically to mean a serious, possibly final, outcome.
His career is in the grave after that scandal.
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Everything you think you...
and go out on chain gangs and dig graves while members of the public jeer at them, and when those women get out of prison, they're going to have criminal records that mean they'll never work in the legal economy again. Now, that's a very extreme example, obviously, in the case of the chain gang, but actually almost everywhere in the world
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Dogs: (Prehistoric)...
were being carefully placed in a grave some of them are wearing necklaces when they're buried some they play spoons and other offerings in the grave with the dog with the idea I think being essentially for some of them that they had souls they had an afterlife and people loved them so they treated them
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Why tragedies are...
In Shakespeare's canon, we see Hamlet's indecisiveness lead to a series of bad decisions, or perhaps non-decisions, that culminate in the death of almost every character in the play, and Macbeth's ambition catapults him to the top before sending him careening to his grave.
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A message of peace, hope...
beyond the grave and you know and I'm trying to get yourself right finding out about other other other ways of looking at this world other than the you know the material then the moral you know and so therefore when you look at it like
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Why elephants never...
is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead, performing burial rituals and returning to visit graves.
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Living Among the Dead PIPE...
bodies here in the Philippines caring for graves isn't a matter of placing flowers once a year and that's what makes it possible for the cemeteries residents to live here many people want
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The tale of the doctor...
he would pay for it with his life. Death and the doctor continued their travels. After some time, the king’s messengers came to collect the doctor yet again. The princess was gravely ill,
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Deadly Mongoose Battle PIPE...
all 12 infants confusion reigns if one gets left behind it's sure to be lost forever but if they don't find a new refuge that's out of reach of the stripes then they're in grave danger
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How to green the world's...
Loving elephants as I do, that was the saddest and greatest blunder of my life, and I will carry that to my grave. One good thing did come out of it. It made me absolutely determined
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The fascinating history...
toward graves designed to honor the dead, and burial became more common. Sometimes, these graves contained practical or ritual objects, suggesting belief in an afterlife
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Everything you think you...
and go out on chain gangs and dig graves while members of the public jeer at them, and when those women get out of prison, they're going to have criminal records that mean they'll never work in the legal economy again. Now, that's a very extreme example, obviously, in the case of the chain gang, but actually almost everywhere in the world
Video examples
Dogs: (Prehistoric)...
were being carefully placed in a grave some of them are wearing necklaces when they're buried some they play spoons and other offerings in the grave with the dog with the idea I think being essentially for some of them that they had souls they had an afterlife and people loved them so they treated them
Video examples
Why tragedies are...
In Shakespeare's canon, we see Hamlet's indecisiveness lead to a series of bad decisions, or perhaps non-decisions, that culminate in the death of almost every character in the play, and Macbeth's ambition catapults him to the top before sending him careening to his grave.
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
beyond the grave and you know and I'm trying to get yourself right finding out about other other other ways of looking at this world other than the you know the material then the moral you know and so therefore when you look at it like
Video examples
Why elephants never...
is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead, performing burial rituals and returning to visit graves.
Video examples
Living Among the Dead PIPE...
bodies here in the Philippines caring for graves isn't a matter of placing flowers once a year and that's what makes it possible for the cemeteries residents to live here many people want
Video examples
The tale of the doctor...
he would pay for it with his life. Death and the doctor continued their travels. After some time, the king’s messengers came to collect the doctor yet again. The princess was gravely ill,
Video examples
Deadly Mongoose Battle PIPE...
all 12 infants confusion reigns if one gets left behind it's sure to be lost forever but if they don't find a new refuge that's out of reach of the stripes then they're in grave danger
Video examples
How to green the world's...
Loving elephants as I do, that was the saddest and greatest blunder of my life, and I will carry that to my grave. One good thing did come out of it. It made me absolutely determined
Video examples
The fascinating history...
toward graves designed to honor the dead, and burial became more common. Sometimes, these graves contained practical or ritual objects, suggesting belief in an afterlife
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Rahul Kohli
English Actor
I'm building a career as big as humanly possible so I can be in a 'Star Wars' project. My life goal is to have a character in the 'Star Wars' universe, film or other media. I just want to go to my grave knowing I played some character or some character based on my likeness was part of that world.
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Alex Tizon
Filipino Author
Admitting the truth would have meant exposing us all. We spent our first decade in the country learning the ways of the new land and trying to fit in. Having a slave did not fit. Having a slave gave me grave doubts about what kind of people we were, what kind of place we came from.
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Lina Wertmuller
Italian Director
I love life. I love my friends. I love to eat. Too many things, I love. I am very much an anti-historical character. I am attracted to happy people. Happy people with very grave problems.
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John Pearson
British Theologian
We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.
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Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
On my back, I have the cross and angel wings: rise above it, no matter what life throws at you. And also, you know, Jesus rose from the grave.
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Les Dawson
English Comedian
My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Patricia Clarkson
American Actress
It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.
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Quentin Crisp
English Writer
Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
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Rahul Kohli
English Actor
I'm building a career as big as humanly possible so I can be in a 'Star Wars' project. My life goal is to have a character in the 'Star Wars' universe, film or other media. I just want to go to my grave knowing I played some character or some character based on my likeness was part of that world.
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Alex Tizon
Filipino Author
Admitting the truth would have meant exposing us all. We spent our first decade in the country learning the ways of the new land and trying to fit in. Having a slave did not fit. Having a slave gave me grave doubts about what kind of people we were, what kind of place we came from.
Quote examples
Lina Wertmuller
Italian Director
I love life. I love my friends. I love to eat. Too many things, I love. I am very much an anti-historical character. I am attracted to happy people. Happy people with very grave problems.
Quote examples
John Pearson
British Theologian
We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.
Quote examples
Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
On my back, I have the cross and angel wings: rise above it, no matter what life throws at you. And also, you know, Jesus rose from the grave.
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Les Dawson
English Comedian
My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
Quote examples
Patricia Clarkson
American Actress
It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.
Quote examples
Quentin Crisp
English Writer
Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
Quote examples
Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
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