grave

Definition

  • noun: a hole in the ground for burying a dead body
  • verb: to carve or shape with a chisel
  • adjective: very serious
  • adjective: meriting serious consideration
  • used to talk about death
  • synonyms: dig, sculpture, authoritative

Examples

  • We went to the cemetery to visit my aunt's 'grave'. [=to visit the place where my aunt's body is buried]

  • She took her secrets with her to the 'grave'. [=she died without telling anyone her secrets]

  • A hard life 'drove him to an early grave'. [=caused him to die when he was fairly young]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Here we all are, back on earth, with nothing but our wit, and our will to save the world. Ultron says the Avengers are the only thing between him and his mission. And whether or not he admits it, his mission is global destruction. All this, laid in a grave. So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron