Meaning of grave in English
(Definition of grave from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of grave
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A far graver question vibrates in the balance, that of the artistic future, of the richest and largest city in the world.
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Of these, about one third have been assessed so far, with one third of these confirmed as mass graves.
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Every day sheep stray into gardens and allotments and cemeteries, where they cause anguish to those who care for the graves of their loved ones.
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The thousands of relatives of the disappeared ones are agitating for justice, as mass graves are now being opened up and bodies are found.
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The only way this will be possible is to disinter the existing graves and to let those already buried there join their deceased relatives elsewhere.
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There are no mass graves in our countryside and there is no fear of disease.
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The evidence of the mass graves already revealed is absolutely appalling.
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The parochial church council were an enterprising and go-ahead body, and they determined to get rid of these graves.
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The issue to relatives of maps or plans indicating the exact position of cemeteries or isolated graves is already under consideration.
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The churchyard, of course, should be cleared of its graves.
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Their bones must be stirring restlessly and uneasily this afternoon in their respective graves.
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Makeshift graves are being dug in open spaces far too close to the wells; people are digging graves all the time.
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Considerable delay in supplying some of the photographs of graves in the various theatres of war is unavoidable.
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Persons visiting war graves may pay their return fares in sterling to a travel agency in this country without formality.
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He asked me to record that both graves were beautifully kept.
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Collocations with grave
grave
These are words often used in combination with grave.
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ancient grave
The total area is 38.63 km. is a cluster of ancient grave caves dug on the cliff made of tuff.
common grave
I have already explained that there is nothing degrading or improper about burial in a common grave of patients who have died in hospital.
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grave disease
What shall we do to arrest this grave disease?
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Translations of grave
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जमिनीतील एक जागा जिथे मृत व्यक्तीला दफन केले जाते, दफनभूमी…
墓, 深刻な, 深刻（しんこく）な…
mezar, kabir, çok ciddi…
grave, sérieux/-euse, tombe [feminine]…
tomba, greu, seriós…
graf, groot, belangrijk…
இறந்த நபரை பூமியில் புதைக்கும் ஒரு இடம்…
कब्र, मृत व्यक्ति को दफनाने की जगह…
કબર…
grav, betydningsfuld, vigtig…
grav, viktig, betydelsefull…
kubur, penting, serius…
das Grab, schwerwiegend, ernst…
alvorlig, grav [masculine], grav…
قبر…
могила, важливий, небезпечний…
సమాధి, చనిపోయిన వ్యక్తిని పాతిపెట్టిన ప్రదేశం…
সমাধি, কবর…
hrob, vážný, důležitý…
makam, penting, serius…
หลุมศพ, สำคัญ, รุนแรง…
huyệt, mộ, quan trọng…
grób, poważny, ważki…
무덤, 중대한…
tomba, grave, serio…
