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# grave

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

«grave» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A place in the ground where a dead person is buried, often marked with a stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#m1)
2. (adjective) Very serious and worrying: «a grave danger». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#m2)
3. (adjective) Looking serious and not smiling: «a grave face». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/#m3)

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

To grave the names on stones means to engrave them, as on the high priest's shoulder stones. The grave is where the dead are buried, also called Sheol in the Hebrew.

**Interpretation.** Jewish tradition values burying the dead with honor. Jacob set a pillar on Rachel's grave, and the tomb of Rachel near Bethlehem is a place of prayer to this day.

### Examples

- And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: (Torah EXO.28.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/#x1)
- And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. (Torah GEN.35.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/#x2)
- and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/#x3)
- Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction? (Writings PSA.88.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/#x4)
- He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves. (Writings PSA.107.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/#x5)
- Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? — (Writings JOB.3.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grave/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grave.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «grave» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grave/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grave» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/grave.html) on Mova free.