26984 words

grave

4 definitions • 6 examples
1
a place in the ground where a dead person is buried:

Examples:

mass grave Most of the victims' bodies were found in a mass grave.
unmarked grave He was buried in an unmarked grave in the prison cemetery.
a grave digger
He visits his mother's grave every Sunday.
2
seriously bad:

Examples:

a grave situation
3
a place where a dead person or dead people are buried, esp. when under the ground and marked by a stone
4
urgent and very bad; serious:

Examples:

It was the gravest political crisis of his career.

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