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# grave

«grave» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place in the ground where a dead person is buried…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a grave, graves); adjective (grave, graver, gravest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place in the ground where a dead person is buried, often marked with a stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#m1)

2) (adjective) Very serious and worrying: «a grave danger». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#m2)

3) (adjective) Looking serious and not smiling: «a grave face». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, families visit graves in cemeteries to remember people who have died; it is respectful to be quiet there and not walk on graves. In stories, «a grave voice» shows a worrying moment. In safety, «grave danger» means very serious danger. Phrases: «visit a grave», «grave danger», «a grave mistake».

### examples

- We put flowers on Grandma's grave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x1)
- The grave had a stone with her name on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x2)
- Walk quietly and respectfully in the graveyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x3)
- The doctor looked grave as she gave the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x4)
- Playing on the ice is a grave danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x5)
- Taking the wrong road was a grave mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x6)
- "I'm going to my comrade's grave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#x7)

### note

Countable noun: graves. The adjective means serious; «gravely» = seriously. Related: graveyard, gravestone. Do not confuse with «gravy» (meat sauce) or «gravity».

### In the corpora

- [Families visit graves, send cards, mark the anniversary, hold memorial services and even put up benches with little plaques.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/5/)
- [Many families visit graves to remember someone, tidy the spot and leave flowers; talking to the person there is normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/15/)
- [The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/16/)
- [The Rat looks very grave, and stands «in deep thought for a minute or two».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/12/)
- [Over lunch Toad tells all his adventures as if they were splendid fun, and the Rat grows more and more grave and silent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grave» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.