Real Dictionary

grave
You can refer to someone's death as their grave or to death as the grave.
countable noun: A grave is a place where a dead person is buried.

grave in American English 1
requiring serious thought; important; weighty
noun: an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body

grave in American English 2
a hole in the ground in which to bury a dead body
to dig

grave in American English 3
to clean barnacles, etc. from (the hull of a wooden ship) and coat with pitch or tar
transitive verb: to carve, sculpt, or engrave

grave in American English 4
slowly and with solemnity
transitive verb: to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship)

grave in American English 5
adjective: slow; solemn
adverb: slowly; solemnly

grave in American Englishfor 1–3, 5 2
adjective: serious or solemn; sober
noun: the grave accent

grave in British English 1
noun: a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone

grave in British English 2
adjective: serious and solemn

grave in British English 3
verb: to cut, carve, sculpt, or engrave

grave in British English 4
verb: to clean and apply a coating of pitch to (the bottom of a vessel)

grave in British English 5
to be performed in a solemn manner