grave
To digTo dig.
» We visited our father's grave.
Wir besuchten das Grab unseres Vaters. — samueldora
Мы посетили могилу нашего отца. — odexed
Ми відвідали батькову могилу. — deniko
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7 senses(archaic, transitive)To dig.
(archaic, intransitive)To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
a. 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, "Requiem" This be the verse you grave for me / "Here he lies where he longs to be"
выреза́тьvyrezátʹ, гравирова́тьgravirovátʹ
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
(archaic, transitive)To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
to grave an image
(archaic, intransitive)To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
производи́ть впечатле́ниеproizvodítʹ vpečatlénije, произвести́ впечатле́ниеproizvestí vpečatlénije
(archaic, transitive)To entomb; to bury.
(archaic, intransitive)To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
(obsolete, transitive)To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves were formerly used for this purpose.
Examples
345 sentencesWe visited our father's grave.
Ми відвідали батькову могилу. — deniko
ruМы посетили могилу нашего отца. — odexed
deWir besuchten das Grab unseres Vaters. — samueldora
I visited my father's grave.
Я відвідав могилу батька. — deniko
deIch habe das Grab meines Vaters besucht. — MUIRIEL
We're all in grave danger.
Ми всі в серйозній небезпеці. — deniko
ruМы все в серьёзной опасности. — marafon
deWir schweben alle in größter Gefahr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is digging his own grave.
Том сам собі риє могилу. — deniko
ruТом сам себе роет могилу. — marafon
deTom schaufelt sich sein eigenes Grab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom dug a grave for his dog.
Том вирив могилу для свого собаки. — deniko
ruТом выкопал могилу для своего пса. — odexed
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carvFrom Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Danish grave (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”), Icelandic grafa (“to dig”).
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Forms
graves, graving, graved, gravedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle