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see DIG ONE'S OWN GRAVE; FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE; ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE; TURN IN ONE'S GRAVE.
American Heritage Idioms
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grave
verbs
dig a grave
• In the churchyard, a man was digging a grave.
mark a grave
• The stone marked the grave of their young daughter.
bury somebody in a grave
(= put someone in a grave )
• She was buried in a grave next to her older sister.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + 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.
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.
an unmarked grave
(= one that does not have anything to show where it is or who is in it )
• Until 1855, poor people here were buried in unmarked graves.
a family grave
(= one where members of a family are buried together )
• Walter died in 1922 and was buried in the family grave in Finchley cemetery.
an open grave
(= one that has not yet been covered in earth )
• He wept by her open grave.
grave + NOUN
a grave site
(= the place where a grave is )
• The President visited the grave sites of 12 youths killed in recent bombings.
transnet.ir
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noun ADJ. deep, shallow The body was found in a shallow grave in a nearby wood. | open The mourners threw flowers into the open grave. | freshly-dug | unmarked His body is buried in an unmarked grave. | mass A mass grave has been discovered in a wood outside the village. | watery He rescued her from a watery grave (= saved her from drowning). VERB + GRAVE dig | mark The grave was marked by a simple headstone. | desecrate Some of the graves have been desecrated by vandals. PREP. beyond the ~ The old lady still influences the family from beyond the grave. | in a/the ~ I'll be in my grave by the time that happens! | on a/the ~ She puts fresh flowers on her husband's grave every Sunday.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun
burial place:
The body was placed in a grave.
adj.
serious:
It was a grave situation for us.
Simple Definitions