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grave



I.grave1 /ɡreɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: græf]
1. the place in the ground where a dead body is buried ⇨ tomb:
At the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross.
2. the grave literary death:
He took that secret to the grave.
3. somebody would turn in their grave used to say that someone who is dead would strongly disapprove of something happening now:
The way Bill plays that piece would have Mozart turning in his grave.
dig your own grave at ↑dig1(8), ⇨ from (the) cradle to (the) grave at ↑cradle1(3), ⇨ have one foot in the grave at ↑foot1(24), ⇨ silent as the grave at ↑silent(3), ⇨ a watery grave at ↑watery(4)
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
dig a grave In the churchyard, a man was digging a grave.
mark a grave The stone marked the grave of their young daughter.
bury somebody in a grave (=put someone in a grave) She was buried in a grave next to her older sister.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + grave
a shallow grave (=a hole that is not very deep in the ground) They found the woman’s remains in a shallow grave in the woods.
a mass grave (=one that is filled with many people, especially people killed in a war or people who died of a disease at a similar time) Plague victims were buried in a mass grave.
an unmarked grave (=one that does not have anything to show where it is or who is in it) Until 1855, poor people here were buried in unmarked graves.
a family grave (=one where members of a family are buried together) Walter died in 1922 and was buried in the family grave in Finchley cemetery.
an open grave (=one that has not yet been covered in earth) He wept by her open grave.
grave + NOUN
a grave site (=the place where a grave is) The President visited the grave sites of 12 youths killed in recent bombings.
II.grave2 BrE AmE adjective

1. grave problems, situations, or worries are very great or bad ⇨ serious:
Matthew’s life is in grave danger.
The report expressed grave concern over the technicians’ lack of training.
I have grave doubts about his ability.
The situation is becoming very grave.
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In everyday English, people usually use serious rather than grave, and seriously rather than gravely:
I have serious doubts about whether he’s up to the job.
I’m seriously worried about her.
2. looking or sounding quiet and serious, especially because something important or worrying has happened SYN sombre:
Turnbull’s face was grave as he told them about the accident.
—gravely adverb:
Adam nodded gravely.
We are gravely concerned (=very concerned) about these developments.
⇨ ↑gravity
III.grave3 /ɡrɑːv/ BrE AmE adjective
a grave ↑accent is a mark put above a letter in some languages such as French to show the pronunciation, for example è ⇨ acute, circumflex

gravehu
[greiv]
danh từ
mồ, mả, phần mộ
nơi chôn vùi
grave of honour
nơi chôn vùi danh dự
sự chết, âm ty, thế giới bên kia
to be brought at an early grave
chết non, chết yểu
on the brink of the grave
(xem) brink
to dig one's own grave
tự chuốc lấy tai hoạ cho mình, tự đào mồ chôn mình
to make somebody turn in his grave
chửi làm bật mồ bật mả ai lên
never on this side of the grave
không đời nào, không bao giờ
from the cradle to the grave
từ lúc sinh ra đến lúc mất đi, từ lúc chào đời đến lúc vĩnh biệt cõi đời
as secret as the grave
kín như bưng
someone is walking on my grave
tôi tự nhiên rùng mình
to have one foot in the grave
gần đất xa trời
tính từ
trang nghiêm; nghiêm nghị; từ tốn
a grave look
vẻ trang nghiêm
nghiêm trọng, trầm trọng; quan trọng (sự việc)
a grave mistake
khuyết điểm nghiêm trọng
grave symptoms
những triệu chứng trầm trọng đáng lo ngại
grave news
tin tức quan trọng
sạm, tối (màu)
danh từ
[gra:v]
(ngôn ngữ học) dấu huyền (cũng) grave accent


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