Grave

Grave

A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries.

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Famous quotes containing the word grave:

    “Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace.
    Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape
    For thee thrice wider than for other men.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “... we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them ...”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “I put on
    the body-armor of black rubber
    the absurd flippers
    the grave and awkward mask.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)