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# grieve

«grieve» in Mova's school dictionary: **to feel very deep sadness, especially because someone you…** — 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

verb (grieve, grieves, grieved, grieving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To grieve is to feel very deep sadness, especially because someone you love has died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#m1)

2) To grieve for something lost, like a pet, a home or a friendship, is to feel very sad about losing it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#m2)

3) In old or formal English, it grieves me means it makes me very sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In personal and health lessons, children learn that grieving is a normal reaction to loss, that it takes time, and that talking to trusted adults helps. People grieve in different ways: crying, being quiet, feeling angry or even laughing at memories. In stories grief shows love and loss. Phrases: grieve for, grieve over, a grieving family, time to grieve.

### examples

- The whole family grieved when Grandpa died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x1)
- Mia grieved for her old dog for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x2)
- It is okay to cry when you are grieving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x3)
- The village grieved after the storm destroyed the old school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x4)
- Everyone grieves in their own way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x5)
- Talking about happy memories helped him grieve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x6)
- The grieving family thanked their friends for their kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x7)
- My father grieved when I was gone; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grieve/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: grieved, grieving (drop the e). The noun is «grief», the adjective «grief-stricken». Spelling trap: «i before e» — grieve, grief. Grieving is not something to rush or hide; there is no right length of time.

### In the corpora

- [Never comment on someone's weight; you don't know if they are ill, grieving or just healthier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/18/)
- [When someone dies, the cause is for the family to share; guessing about it hurts people who are grieving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/9/)
- [Being told the truth gently about a pet's death helps children grieve better than being told a story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/21/)
- [Being noisy at funerals and memorials can hurt grieving people for a long time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/21/)
- [People grieve in different ways and at different times; tears might come weeks later, or not at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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