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noun
Idioms1.
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
2.
any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave.
3.
any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.
4.
death: O grave, where is thy victory?
5.
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.
6.
make (one) turn/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.
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Have one foot in the grave
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Related forms
grave·less, adjective
grave·like, adjective
grave·ward, grave·wards, adverb, adjective
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Word Origin & History
grave
O.E. grafan (p.t. grof, pp. grafen) "to dig, carve," from P.Gmc. *grabanan (cf. O.N. grafa, O.Fris. greva, O.H.G. graban, Goth. graban "to dig, carve"), from the same source as grave (n.). Its M.E. strong pp., graven, is the only part still active, the rest of the word supplanted
EXPANDby its derivative, engrave.
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Medical Dictionary
grave (grāv)
adj.
Serious or dangerous, as a symptom or disease.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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