to have a watery grave
1watery grave — If someone has gone to a watery grave, they have drowned …
2grave — 1 noun (C) 1 the place in the ground where a dead body is buried compare tomb 2 the grave especially literary death: Had his spirit returned from the grave to haunt them? 3 sb would turn/spin in their grave used to say that someone who is dead… …
3grave — grave1 [greıv] n [: Old English; Origin: grAf] 1.) the place in the ground where a dead body is buried →↑tomb ▪ At the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross. 2.) the grave literary death ▪ He took that secret to the grave …
4grave — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, shallow ▪ The body was found in a shallow grave. ▪ open ▪ The mourners threw flowers into the open grave. ▪ …
5grave — grave1 graveless, adj. gravelike, adj. graveward, gravewards, adv., adj. /grayv/, n. 1. an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body. 2. any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave. 3. any place that becomes the… …
6grave — grave1 [ greıv ] noun count ** 1. ) the place where a dead body is buried in a deep hole in the ground. A tomb is a structure above the ground that contains a dead body: He s never even visited his mother s grave. 2. ) the grave LITERARY death:… …
7grave — I [[t]greɪv[/t]] n. 1) an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body 2) any place of interment: a watery grave[/ex] 3) the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions[/ex] 4) death: O grave, where… …
8grave — I UK [ɡreɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms grave : singular grave plural graves ** 1) the place where a dead body is buried in a deep hole in the ground. A tomb is a structure above the ground that contains a dead body He s never even visited… …
9Death of Osama bin Laden — Death of Osama bin Laden …
10Paul the Octopus — Paul in his tank, next to a football boot with the German flag colours Other appellation(s) Paul Oktopus Paul der Krake Pulpo Paul …
