Grave

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body. 1.2 any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher 1.3 any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past 1.4 death 2 Idioms 2.1 have one foot in the grave, to be so frail, sick 2.2 make (one) turn or turn over in one's grave 3 Antonyms 3.1 adjective 4 Synonyms 4.1 adjective 4.2 noun 4.3 verb

Noun

an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.

any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher

a watery grave.

any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past

the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.

death

O grave, where is thy victory?

Idioms

have one foot in the grave, to be so frail, sick

or old that death appears imminent

It was a shock to see my uncle looking as if he had one foot in the grave.

make (one) turn or turn over in one's grave

to do something to which a specified dead person would have objected bitterly

This production of Hamlet is enough to make Shakespeare turn in his grave.

Antonyms

adjective

cheerful , frivolous , funny , happy , ridiculous , silly , inconsequential , trivial , unimportant

Synonyms

adjective

cold sober , deadpan * , dignified , dour , dull , earnest , grim , grim-faced , heavy , leaden , long-faced , meaningful , muted , no-nonsense * , ponderous , quiet , sad , sage , saturnine , sedate , sober , solemn , somber , staid , strictly business , subdued , thoughtful , unsmiling , acute , afflictive , consequential , critical , deadly , destructive , dire , exigent , fatal , fell , grievous , hazardous , heavy * , important , killing * , life-and-death * , major , momentous , of great consequence , ominous , perilous , pressing , serious , severe , significant , threatening , ugly , urgent , vital , weighty , dangerous , apocalyptic , apocalyptical , baneful , direful , fire-and-brimstone , hellfire , portentous , unlucky , demure , funereal , melancholy , mortuary , sepulchral , sombrous

noun

catacomb , crypt , final resting place , last home , mausoleum , mound , permanent address , place of interment , resting place , sepulcher , shrine , six feet under * , tomb , vault , cinerarium , ossuary , sepulture , barrow , burial , charnel-house , columbarium , graveyard , hypogeum , repository , solemn , terminus , tumulus

verb

carve , etch , incise , fix , impress , imprint , inscribe , stamp