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Meaning of grava | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitioner

  1. to dry-cure with a mix of salt, sugar, and spices (commonly salmon, herring, or common whitefish, but also used for red meat)
  2. to dig (make a hole in the ground, along with similar sense extensions to English)
  3. to dig into, to dig (do research)
  4. to investigate

Ekvivalenter

English Dig Unearth

Exempel

“Nisse grävde ett hål i marken med en spade”

Nisse dug a hole in the ground with a shovel

“gräva ner en skattkista”

bury ("dig down") a treasure chest

“gräva upp en skattkista”

dig up a treasure chest

“gräva ut ruiner”

excavate ("dig out") ruins – usually implies archaeology

“en utgrävning”

an excavation ("out-digging") – usually implies archaeology

“gräva fram en överlevande ur en raserad byggnad”

dig a survivor out of a collapsed building ("dig forth a survivor")

“Hennes naglar grävde sig in i hans arm”

Her nails dug into his arm

“Groffuo ock Jsaacs tienare j dalenom, och funno ther en brunn medh leffuandes watn. (pre-1906 spelling) Grofvo ock Isaacs tjenare i dalenom, och funno der en brunn med lefvandes vatten.”

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

“gräva i någons förflutna”

dig into ("dig in") someone's past

“gräva fram information”

dig up information

“grävande journalistik”

investigative ("digging") journalism

CEFR-nivå

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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