- grave·dig·ger
- /ˈgreıvˌdıgɚ/ noun, pl -gers [count]: a person whose job it is to dig graves
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grave|dig|ger — «GRAYV DIHG uhr», noun. 1. a person whose work is digging graves. 2. an insect which buries the bodies of other insects or small animals as food for its emerging larvae; burying beetle … Useful english dictionary
grave — grave1 [grāv] adj. graver, gravest [Fr < L gravis, heavy, weighty < IE base * gwer , heavy, mill > QUERN, Gr barys, heavy, Sans gurúh, grave] 1. a) requiring serious thought; important; weighty [grave doubts] b) not light or tri … English World dictionary
grave — {{11}}grave (adj.) 1540s, from M.Fr. grave (14c.), from L. gravis weighty, serious, heavy, grievous, oppressive, from PIE root *gru (Cf. Skt. guruh heavy, weighty, venerable; Gk. baros weight, barys heavy in weight, often with the notion of… … Etymology dictionary
gravedigger — grave|dig|ger [ˈgreıvˌdıgə US ər] n someone whose job is to dig graves … Dictionary of contemporary English
gravedigger — grave|dig|ger [ greıv,dıgər ] noun count someone whose job is to dig graves … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gravedigger — grave•dig•ger [[t]ˈgreɪvˌdɪg ər[/t]] n. a person whose occupation is digging graves • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
Gravedigger — Grave dig ger, n. 1. A digger of graves. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Burying beetle}, under {Bury}, v. t. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
(s)kē̆ p-2, (s)kō̆ p- and (s)kā̆ p-; (s)kē̆ b(h)-, skob(h)- and skā̆ b(h)- — (s)kē̆ p 2, (s)kō̆ p and (s)kā̆ p ; (s)kē̆ b(h) , skob(h) and skā̆ b(h) English meaning: to work with a sharp instrument Deutsche Übersetzung: “with scharfem Werkzeug schneiden, spalten” Material: A. Forms in b: (there are listed… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
