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  • 51grave — bur·grave; dike·grave; en·grave; en·grave·ment; grave; grave·less; grave·ly; grave·ness; grave·ward; har·grave; in·ter·grave; land·grave; land·grave·ship; mar·grave; pals·grave; rhine·grave; un·grave; grave·wards; …

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  • 52grave — I. /greɪv / (say grayv) noun 1. an excavation made in the earth to receive a dead body in burial. 2. any place of interment; a tomb or sepulchre. 3. any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost or past: the grave of dead… …

  • 53Grave — For other uses, see Grave (disambiguation). Grave with burial vault awaiting coffin A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried. Graves are usually located in special areas… …

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  • 54grave — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, shallow ▪ The body was found in a shallow grave. ▪ open ▪ The mourners threw flowers into the open grave. ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 55grave — grà·ve agg., s.m., avv. 1. agg. TS fis. di corpo, che ha peso, che è soggetto alla forza di gravità 2. agg. CO che ha un peso notevole, alquanto pesante: un grave carico, una grave armatura Contrari: leggero, lieve. 3. agg. CO estens.,… …

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  • 56grave — {{11}}grave (adj.) 1540s, from M.Fr. grave (14c.), from L. gravis weighty, serious, heavy, grievous, oppressive, from PIE root *gru (Cf. Skt. guruh heavy, weighty, venerable; Gk. baros weight, barys heavy in weight, often with the notion of… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 57grave — 1 noun (C) 1 the place in the ground where a dead body is buried compare tomb 2 the grave especially literary death: Had his spirit returned from the grave to haunt them? 3 sb would turn/spin in their grave used to say that someone who is dead… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 58grave — I. transitive verb (graved; graven or graved; graving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grafan; akin to Old High German graban to dig, Old Church Slavic pogreti to bury Date: before 12th century 1. archaic dig, excavate 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 59grave — n. 1) to dig a grave 2) to desecrate a grave 3) amass; pauper s; unmarked; watery grave 4) at a grave (to pray at a grave) 5) (misc.) a gravedigger * * * [greɪv] pauper s unmarked watery grave (misc.) a gravedigger amass …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 60grave — 01. After he died, he was buried in a [grave] in a quiet spot under a tree. 02. The family stood beside the [grave] of the old man, and talked about all the wonderful times they had spent together. 03. He is going to go to an early [grave] if he… …

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