grave
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1.0
- noun
- /ɡreɪv/
:
tumba
- "And I remember going to bow at my grandmother's grave," I said, startled by my memory.
- mass graves
- an unmarked grave
- dig a grave
And you can tell that the grave sites were of kids.
- And you can tell that the grave sites were of kids.
- And between their their graves, a red Fern grows.
- And I mean, I wouldn't be robbing graves because gross, gross.
- They found the grave, laid flowers on grass.
- And it wasn't until I went to his grave and I was able to stand there.
- But I go to my mum and dad's grave every four weeks.
- And I don't like the fact that people are digging up graves in the point to win.
- I'm not going in my coffin, in my grave as a coward, you know?
- Oh, so Trump took a shit on the grave of the unknown soldier.
Examples
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After the funeral, we visited my father's grave to reflect on his life.
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But I go to my mum and dad's grave every four weeks.
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And you can tell that the grave sites were of kids.
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I tend to his grave and leave him flowers and...
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Three men whose remains were discovered in a nearby mass grave may have come from Wales or France.
Academic text (2008) -
I would have carried flowers to his grave; I would have gotten close to his family.
Fiction book (1991) -
We can visit their graves.
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When's the last time you visited his grave?
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We had bought flowers for the graves last December, the day before I left Langston.
Fiction book (1990) -
The film ends at Julio's grave while his father is mourning him.
Synonyms
235
3.0
A large stone building or underground room where people put a dead person
51
7.6
An underground room beneath a church used to bury people
31
3.9
A place where people bury someone after death
15
6.9
An underground room for holding the bodies of several people
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3.8
The place in the ground where someone is buried
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3.7
A place where people bury their dead
4
6.3
A room under the ground that holds a dead body
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7.1
A mound of earth or stones built over a grave, often in ancient times
1
7.9
An underground space for burying a coffin that protects it and holds family coffins
1
9.5
A large round mound of earth or stones covering an old grave
A heap of earth built over a grave in ancient times
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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8.6
To think a dead person is very upset because something goes against what they cared about
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Etymology
Grave (burial place) comes from an old Germanic word græf meaning 'a dug hole' or 'ditch'. So a grave is literally a 'dug' place in the ground where someone is buried.