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- Dictionarybereave/bɪˈriːv/
verb
- 1. be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death: "she had recently been bereaved"
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BEREAVE definition: 1. to have a close relation or friend who has died: 2. to have a close relation or friend who has…. Learn more.
The meaning of BEREAVE is to deprive of something —usually used with of. How to use bereave in a sentence.
Bereave definition: to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of). See examples of BEREAVE used in a sentence.
to have a close relation or friend who has died: Everyone who has been bereaved has to find his or her own way of coping. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bite. bleed out. buy the farm idiom. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre. perish.
1. To take a loved one from (a person), especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton). 2. To take something valuable or necessary from (a person or thing): "He was subject to fits, which bereaved him ... of his senses" (David Hume).
2 meanings: 1. to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death 2. obsolete to remove by force.... Click for more definitions.
The verb bereave is used when death takes someone away from you, depriving you of their presence. Overfeeding might bereave you of beloved goldfish.
