Meaning
The place in the ground where a dead person is buried, often marked with a stone.
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Word origin
From Old English graef, a ditch or dug-out place, from a root meaning to dig.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- graef
Grammar
Examples
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A "grave" is where a dead person is buried.
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The plural is "graves".
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As an adjective, "grave" means very serious.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 2: grave, silence, alien and 7 more words.