graves

Noun (1)

grave (countable and uncountable, plural graves)

1. (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
   • He had lain in the grave four days.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 11:17

   Synonyms:

   plot, lot

2. (broadly) Any place of interment.
3. (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.
4. (broadly, uncountable) Death, destruction.
   • […]Meeting is pleasure, parting is a grief; / An inconstant lover is worse than a thief; / A thief can but rob you, and take all you have, / An inconstant lover will bring you to the grave![…]a. 1769, unknown, The Cuckoo, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2019, lines 9–12
5. (broadly, uncountable) Deceased people; the dead.
   • "Hold your jaw, woman! I've had enough to vex me to-day without you startin' your tantrums. You're jealous of the grave. That's wot's the matter with you." "And her brats can insult me as they like - me that 'as cared for you these five years."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Noun (2)

grave (plural graves)

1. A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.

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Noun

greaves pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
   • Rendering is done by boiling the animal carcasses to separate the fat from the meat. At high temperatures, the fat floats as a creamy white substance called tallow, while the heavier protein sinks to the bottom, producing greaves, which can be fed to animals. Tallow is used to make candle wax or is...2005, Carmen Ferreiro, Mad Cow Disease, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 13

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