Definition von „grieve“ auf Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.

2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

   • to grieve one's fate

3. (intransitive) To experience grief.

4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.

5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).

   • Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.

noun

1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.

2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

   • 1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.