grave in English: The place in the ground where a dead person is buried, often marked with a stone. (noun)

Translation

The place in the ground where a dead person is buried, often marked with a stone.

Word origin

From Old English graef, a ditch or dug-out place, from a root meaning to dig.

Gender

Pluralgraves

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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.

dead

No longer living.

death

The end of life, when a person or animal stops living.

bury

To put something in the ground and cover it with earth.

die

To stop living and be dead.

stone

A small, hard piece of rock that you can pick up in your hand.

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