~ 1
■ noun a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or corpse.
↘( the ~ ) death.
Phrases
dig one's own ~ do something foolish which causes one's downfall.
turn ( N. Amer. also roll over or turn over ) in one's ~ (of a dead person) be thought of as angry or distressed about something had they been alive.
Origin
OE græf , of Gmc origin.
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~ 2
■ adjective
1》 giving cause for alarm or concern.
2》 solemn or serious.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
C15: from OFr. ~ or L. gravis 'heavy, serious'.
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~ 3
■ verb ( past participle ~n or ~d )
1》 archaic en~ (an inscription or image) on a surface.
2》 literary fix indelibly in the mind.
Origin
OE grafan 'dig', of Gmc origin; related to ~ 1 and groove .
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~ 4
■ verb historical clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it.
Origin
ME: perh. from Fr. dialect ~ , var. of OFr. greve 'shore'.