grieve (verb)
1grieve — ► VERB 1) suffer grief. 2) cause great distress to. DERIVATIVES griever noun. ORIGIN Old French grever burden, encumber , from Latin gravis heavy, serious …
2grieve — vb grieved, griev·ing vt: to submit (a grievance) to a grievance procedure wage claims...had been contractually grieved M. A. Kelly vi: to bring a grievance under a grievance procedure as a union member, Jackson was obligated to grieve not sue… …
3grieve — verb (grieved; grieving) Etymology: Middle English greven, from Anglo French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, from gravis heavy, grave; akin to Greek barys heavy, Sanskrit guru Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cause to suffer ;… …
4grieve — [ griv ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to feel extremely sad because someone has died: I never had time to grieve properly. He s still grieving for his wife. Millions of people are grieving over his death. 2. ) transitive FORMAL to upset… …
5grieve — verb 1 (I, T) to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died: People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one. | grieve sth: The family grieved the loss of its only son. 2 (T) if something grieves you, it makes you… …
6grieve — verb ADVERB ▪ deeply ▪ She had grieved deeply for her father. ▪ privately, silently ▪ still PREPOSITION ▪ …
7grieve — verb 1) she grieved for her father Syn: mourn, lament, sorrow, be sorrowful; cry, sob, weep, shed tears, weep and wail, beat one s breast See note at mourn Ant …
8grieve — verb 1) she grieved for her father Syn: mourn, sorrow, cry, sob, weep 2) it grieved me to leave her Syn: sadden, upset, distress, pain, hurt, wound …
9grieve — [[t]gri͟ːv[/t]] grieves, grieving, grieved 1) VERB If you grieve over something, especially someone s death, you feel very sad about it. [V prep] He s grieving over his dead wife and son... I didn t have any time to grieve... [V ing] Margery s… …
10grieve — UK [ɡriːv] / US [ɡrɪv] verb Word forms grieve : present tense I/you/we/they grieve he/she/it grieves present participle grieving past tense grieved past participle grieved 1) [intransitive/transitive] to feel extremely sad because someone has… …
