gravenoun [ C ]
uk/ɡreɪv/us/ɡreɪv/B1 a place in the ground where a dead person is buried:
a mass grave
an unmarked grave
a grave digger
He visits his mother's grave every Sunday.
More examples
- They lowered the coffin into the grave.
- She died penniless and was buried in an unmarked grave.
- One can only hope that his unquiet spirit found some peace in the grave.
- Sometimes I think these children are going to drive me to an early grave!
- Many of the soldiers were interred in unmarked graves.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Places where bodies are buried or cremated
- burial ground
- catacomb
- cemetery
- charnel house
- churchyard
- crematorium
- crypt
- graveside
- graveyard
- mausoleum
- necropolis
- pyre
- resting place
- sepulchre
- the Pyramids
- tomb
- vault
Idiom(s)
beyond the grave
turn in your grave
graveadjective
uk/ɡreɪv/us/ɡreɪv/seriously bad:
a grave situation
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Serious and severe
- acute
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- serious
- seriously
- severely
- severity
- stiff
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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gravely
adverb uk/ˈɡreɪv.li/us/ˈɡreɪv.li/
gravely ill