▪ a mass grave (=one that is filled with many people, especially people killed in a war or people who died of a disease at a similar time) Plague victims were buried in a mass grave. ▪ a shallow grave (=a hole that is not very deep in the ground) They found the woman’s remains in a shallow grave in the woods. ▪ bury somebody in a grave (=put someone in a grave) She was buried in a grave next to her older sister. ▪ mark a grave The stone marked the grave of their young daughter. ▪ dig a grave In the churchyard, a man was digging a grave. ⇨ dig your own grave at ↑ dig 1(8), ⇨ from (the) cradle to (the) grave at ↑ cradle 1(3), ⇨ have one foot in the grave at ↑ foot 1(24), ⇨ silent as the grave at ↑ silent(3), ⇨ a watery grave at ↑ watery(4) The way Bill plays that piece would have Mozart turning in his grave. ![]() ![]() somebody would turn in their grave used to say that someone who is dead would strongly disapprove of something happening now: the place in the ground where a dead body is buried ⇨ tomb:Īt the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross.ģ. grave 1 /ɡreɪv/ 'British English' 'American English' noun ġ.
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