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| grave [ grayv ] (plural graves) |
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1. burial place: a burial place in the ground, or another place of interment
  She goes every week to put fresh flowers on her husband's grave.
as silent as the grave
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2. last resting place: a final resting place
the sunken ship's watery grave
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3. death: the end of life
health care from the cradle to the grave
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4. end of something: the end or destruction of something
the grave of his ambition
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| [ Old English græf< Indo-European, "scratch, dig"] |
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| grave·less adjective |
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turn over in his or her grave used to emphasize how displeased or upset somebody who is dead would be if he or she knew what was happening
If she heard this version, she'd turn over in her grave.
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