GRAVE
What does "GRAVE" mean?
A hole dug in the ground to bury a dead body, often marked with a stone.
Meanings
- A place of burial for a dead body, typically a dug hole with a marker. They laid flowers on the grave each spring.
- Serious, weighty, or giving cause for alarm. The doctors gave a grave assessment of his condition.
- Solemn and dignified in manner. She listened with a grave expression.
- An accent mark (à) sloping down to the right, used in several languages. In French, the grave accent distinguishes 'a' from 'à'. technical
Did you know?
- The 'grave' you're buried in and the 'grave' situation that's deadly serious are two entirely separate words — one Old English, one Latin — that drifted into the same spelling by accident.
Word origin
The noun 'burial place' is from Old English 'græf'; the adjective 'serious' is a separate word from Latin 'gravis' (heavy), via French — the two only look identical by coincidence.
Remember it
A GRAVE is where you GRIEVE with the letters shuffled — both about loss.
A little poem
The stone keeps the date but not the laugh,
not the way she held a cup of tea-
the earth is honest, and that's the half of it.
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What it teaches
A grave matter and a grave in the ground share a word for a reason: weight is what we owe the dead.
Quick facts
What does GRAVE mean?
A hole dug in the ground to bury a dead body, often marked with a stone.
Is GRAVE a valid word?
Yes — GRAVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRAVE?
GRAVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRAVE come from?
The noun 'burial place' is from Old English 'græf'; the adjective 'serious' is a separate word from Latin 'gravis' (heavy), via French — the two only look identical by coincidence.
What can GRAVE teach us?
A grave matter and a grave in the ground share a word for a reason: weight is what we owe the dead.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.