grave.html - See: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, TURN IN ONE'S GRAVE or TURN OVER IN ONE'S GRAVE.

grave.html - {n. phr.} The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. * /"Why are you always so sleepy in class?" Professor Brown asked Sam. "Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to school," Sam answered./

grave.html - n.
1 a a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial. b a mound or memorial stone placed over this.
2 (prec. by the) death, esp. as indicating mortal finality.
3 something compared to or regarded as a grave.

turn in one's grave (of a dead person) be thought of in certain circumstances as likely to have been shocked or angry when alive.

graveless adj. graveward adv. & adj. [OE gróf f. WG]

grave.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 a serious, weighty, important (a grave matter). b dignified, solemn, sombre (a grave look).
2 extremely serious or threatening (grave danger).
3 (of sound) low-pitched, not acute.

--n.

= grave accent.

grave accent a mark (`) placed over a vowel in some languages to denote pronunciation, length, etc., orig. indicating low or falling pitch.

gravely adv. graveness n. [F grave or L gravis heavy, serious]

grave.html - v.tr.
(past part. graven or graved)
1 (foll. by in, on) fix indelibly (on one's memory).
2 archaic engrave, carve.

graven image an idol. [OE grafan dig, engrave f. Gmc: cf. GROOVE]

grave.html - v.tr.
clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off accretions and by tarring.

graving dock = dry dock. [perh. F dial. grave = OF greve shore]