grave

grave ¹

 (grāv)

n.

1.

a. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.

b. A place of burial.

2. Death or extinction: faced the grave with calm resignation.

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[Middle English, from Old English græf; see ghrebh- in Indo-European roots.]

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grave ²

 (grāv)

adj. grav·er, grav·est

1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.

2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.

3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.

4. Somber or dark in hue.

5. (also gräv) Linguistics

a. Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.

b. Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.

n. (also gräv)

See grave accent.

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[French, from Old French, from Latin gravis; see g^werə- in Indo-European roots.]

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grave′ly adv.

grave′ness n.

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grave ³

 (grāv)

tr.v. graved, grav·en (grā′vən) or graved, grav·ing, graves

1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.

2. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

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[Middle English graven, from Old English grafan; see ghrebh- in Indo-European roots.]

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grave ⁴

 (grāv)

tr.v. graved, grav·ing, graves

To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.

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[Middle English graven.]

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gra·ve ⁵

 (grä′vā)

adv. & adj. Music

In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

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[Italian, from Latin gravis, heavy; see grave².]

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grave

(ɡreɪv)

n

1. a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone.

2. something resembling a grave or resting place: the ship went to its grave.

3. the grave a poetic term for death

4. have one foot in the grave informal to be near death

5. to make someone turn in his grave to make someone turn over in his grave to do something that would have shocked or distressed (someone now dead): many modern dictionaries would make Dr Johnson turn in his grave.

[Old English græf; related to Old Frisian gref, Old High German grab, Old Slavonic grobǔ; see grave³]

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grave

(ɡreɪv)

adj

1. serious and solemn: a grave look.

2. full of or suggesting danger: a grave situation.

3. important; crucial: grave matters of state.

4. (Colours) (of colours) sober or dull

5. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics

a. (of a vowel or syllable in some languages with a pitch accent, such as ancient Greek) spoken on a lower or falling musical pitch relative to neighbouring syllables or vowels

b. of or relating to an accent (`) over vowels, denoting a pronunciation with lower or falling musical pitch (as in ancient Greek), with a certain special quality (as in French), or in a manner that gives the vowel status as a syllable nucleus not usually possessed by it in that position (as in English agèd). Compare acute⁸, circumflex

n

(Phonetics & Phonology) a grave accent

[C16: from Old French, from Latin gravis; related to Greek barus heavy; see gravamen]

ˈgravely adv

ˈgraveness n

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grave

(ɡreɪv)

vb (tr) , graves, graving, graved, graved or graven

1. (Art Terms) to cut, carve, sculpt, or engrave

2. to fix firmly in the mind

[Old English grafan; related to Old Norse grafa, Old High German graban to dig]

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grave

(ɡreɪv)

vb

(Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to clean and apply a coating of pitch to (the bottom of a vessel)

[C15: perhaps from Old French grave gravel]

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grave

(ˈɡrɑːvɪ)

adj, adv

(Classical Music) music to be performed in a solemn manner

[C17: from Italian: heavy, from Latin gravis]

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grave¹

(greɪv)

n.

1. an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.

2. any place of interment: a watery grave.

3. the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.

4. death: O grave, where is thy victory?

Idioms:

1. have one foot in the grave, to be so frail, sick, or old that death appears imminent.

2. make someone turn over in his or her grave, to do something that would have been unthinkably offensive to a specified person now dead.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English græf, c. Old Saxon graf, Old High German grap; see grave³]

grave′like`, adj.

grave′ward, grave′wards, adv., adj.

grave²

(greɪv; for 4, 6 also grɑv)

adj. grav•er, grav•est for 1–3, 5,
n. adj.

1. serious or solemn; sober: grave thoughts of an uncertain future.

2. weighty; momentous: grave responsibilities.

3. threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; critical: a grave situation.

4. consisting of, indicated by, or bearing a grave accent.

n.

5. grave accent.

[1535–45; < Middle French < Latin gravis; akin to Greek barýs heavy]

grave′ly, adv.

grave′ness, n.

syn: grave, sober, solemn refer to the condition of being serious in demeanor or appearance. grave indicates a dignified seriousness due to heavy responsibilities or cares: The jury looked grave while pondering the evidence. sober implies a determined but sedate and restrained manner: a wise and sober judge. solemn suggests an impressive and earnest seriousness marked by the absence of gaiety or mirth: The minister's voice was solemn as he announced the text.

grave³

(greɪv)

v.t. graved, grav•en graved, grav•ing.

1. to carve, sculpt, or engrave.

2. to impress deeply.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English grafan to dig, engrave, c. Old High German, Gothic graban, Old Norse grafa]

grav′er, n.

grave⁴

(greɪv)

v.t. graved, grav•ing.

to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).

[1425–75; late Middle English]

gra•ve⁵

(ˈgrɑ veɪ)
Music. adj.

1. slow; solemn.

adv.

2. slowly; solemnly.

[1575–85; < Italian grave < Latin gravis heavy; see grave²]

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grave

(cut or engrave)
Past participle: graved/graven
Gerund: graving

Imperative

grave

grave

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grave

(clean ship)
Past participle: graved
Gerund: graving

Imperative

grave

grave

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grave

1. A mark (`) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate pronunciation or stress; used in English poetry to show that a final syllable–ed is pronounced, as in “slakèd.”

2. slowly and heavily

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grave - death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" demise, dying, death - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
	2.	grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" tomb burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave gravestone, tombstone, headstone - a stone that is used to mark a grave mastaba, mastabah - an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
	3.	grave - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation grave accent accent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Verb	1.	grave - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" sculpt, sculpture carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
	2.	grave - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" engrave, inscribe, scratch chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" engrave, etch - carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" character - engrave or inscribe characters on
Adj.	1.	grave - dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" solemn, sedate, sober serious - concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"
	2.	grave - causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" grievous, life-threatening, dangerous, serious, severe critical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
	3.	grave - of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" grievous, weighty, heavy important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

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grave

¹

noun tomb, vault, crypt, mausoleum, sepulchre, pit, last resting place, burying place They used to visit her grave twice a year.

Related words
adjective sepulchral

Quotations
"The grave's a fine and private place,"
"But none do there, I think, embrace" [Andrew Marvell To his Coy Mistress]

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grave

²

adjective

1. serious, important, significant, critical, pressing, threatening, dangerous, vital, crucial, acute, severe, urgent, hazardous, life-and-death, momentous, perilous, weighty, leaden, of great consequence He says the situation in his country is very grave.
serious mild, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, frivolous

2. solemn, sober, gloomy, dull, thoughtful, subdued, sombre, dour, grim-faced, long-faced, unsmiling She could tell by his grave expression that something terrible had happened.
solemn happy, merry, joyous, carefree, flippant

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grave ¹

noun

A burial place or receptacle for human remains:

catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault.

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grave ²

adjective

1. Having great consequence or weight:

earnest, heavy, momentous, serious, severe, weighty.

2. Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example:

dangerous, grievous, serious, severe.

3. Portending future disaster:

apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky.

4. Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness:

earnest, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid.

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grave ³

verb

1. To cut (a design or inscription) into a hard surface, especially for printing:

carve, engrave, etch, incise.

2. To produce a deep impression of:

engrave, etch, fix, impress, imprint, inscribe, stamp.

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Translations

قَبْرمُهِمجَدّي، وَقورخَطير

hrobvážnýzávažnýdůležitý

gravvigtigbegravelsebetydningsfulddyster

Grabgravitätischschwerschwerwiegendernst

τάφοςβαρείαμνήμα

tombo

tumbafosagravehoyahoyo

haud

hauta

tombegravesérieuxtaillermajeur

grob

sír

alvarlegur, dapurleguralvarlegur, hættulegurgröfmikilvægur

tombagravepesantesepolcroserio

墓

무덤

bēdīgsdraudīgsdrūmskapsnopietns

graf

gravbetydningsfull

grób

sepulturasério

могила

grobresen

grav

หลุมฝังศพ

mezarönemliciddîendişelendirici

mộ

坟墓重大的严肃的危急的

grave

¹ [greɪv] ADJ (graver (compar) (gravest (superl)))

1. (= serious) [danger, problem, mistake] → grave; [threat, suspicion] → serio
he expressed grave concern about the matter → expresó su seria preocupación por el problema
the situation is very grave → la situación es muy grave
you do him a grave injustice → estás cometiendo una grave injusticia con él

2. (= solemn) [face, expression] → grave, serio; [person] → serio
his face was grave → su rostro era grave or serio

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grave

² [greɪv] N → tumba f, sepultura f; (with monument) → sepulcro m, tumba f
common grave → fosa f común
from beyond the grave (fig) → desde ultratumba
he sent her to an early grave → él fue la causa de que muriera tan joven
see also dig B
see also turn C

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grave

³ [grɑːv] ADJ (Ling) grave accent → acento m grave

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grave

[ˈgreɪv]

n → tombe f
to be digging one's own grave → creuser sa propre tombe
he'd turn in his grave! → il se retournerait dans sa tombe! war grave

adj

[problem, crisis] → grave, sérieux/euse; [concern, anxiety] → sérieux/euse

[person] → sérieux/euse; [expression] → sérieux/euse
to look grave → avoir un air grave

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grave

:

graveclothes

pl → Totengewand nt

grave digger

n → Totengräber(in) m(f)

grave goods

pl (Archeol) → Grabbeigaben pl

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grave

:

grave robber

n → Grabräuber(in) m(f)

graveside

n at the grave → am Grabe; a grave service → ein Gottesdienst am Grabe

gravestone

n → Grabstein m

graveyard

n → Friedhof m; that ministry is a grave of political careers → in diesem Ministerium hat schon manche politische Laufbahn ein vorzeitiges Ende genommen

graveyard shift

n (esp US) → Nachtschicht f

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grave

¹

n (lit, fig) → Grab nt; silent as the grave → totenstill; the house was like the grave → es herrschte Totenstille im Haus; to turn in one’s grave → sich im Grabe herumdrehen; from beyond the grave → aus dem Jenseits; to go to an early grave → einen frühen Tod finden; to rise from the grave → von den Toten auferstehen; to dig one’s own grave (fig) → sein eigenes Grab graben or schaufeln

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grave

²

adj (+er)

(= serious, considerable) concern, danger, problem, difficulty → groß; consequences → schwerwiegend; threat, situation, matter → ernst; mistake → schwer, gravierend; illness, crime → schwer; news → schlimm; suspicion, doubt → stark

(= solemn) person, face, expression → ernst

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grave

³

adj grave accent → Gravis m, → Accent grave m; (in Greek) → Gravis m; e grave, grave e → e Accent grave

n → Gravis m

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grave

¹ [greɪv] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (gen) → grave, serio/a
it had grave consequences for the nation → si ripercosse pesantemente su tutta la nazione

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grave

² [greɪv] n → tomba

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grave¹

(greiv) noun

a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried. He laid flowers on the grave. graf قَبْر гроб túmulo hrob das Grab grav τάφοςtumba haud قبر hauta tombeקבר कब्र grob sír makam gröf tomba 墓 무덤 kapas kaps kubur grafgravgrób قبر campa mormânt могила hrob grob grob grav หลุมศพ mezar 墳墓 могила قبر huyệt; mộ 坟墓

ˈgravedigger noun

a person whose job is digging graves. grafmaker, grafgrawer حَفّار القُبور гробар coveiro hrobník der Totengräber graver νεκροθάφτηςsepulturero, enterrador hauakaevaja قبر کن haudankaivaja fossoyeurקברן कब्र खोदने वाला grobar sírásó penggali kuburan grafari becchino 墓掘り人夫 무덤 파는 사람 duobkasys kapracis penggali kubur grafdelver, doodgravergravergrabarz قبركيندونكى coveiro gropar могильщик hrobár grobar grobar dödgrävare คนขุดหลุมศพ mezar kazıcı 掘墓人 гробокопач, гробар قبر کھودنے والا شخص، گورکن người đào huyệt 掘墓人

ˈgravestone noun

a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written. grafsteen شاهِد، بَلاطَة ضَريح надгробен камък lápide náhrobní kámen der Grabstein gravsten ταφόπετραlápida hauakivi سنگ قبر hautakivi pierre tombaleמצבה समाधि पत्थर nadgrobna ploča sírkő batu nisan legsteinn pietra tombale, lapide 墓石 묘비 antkapinis akmuo kapakmens batu nisan grafsteengravsteinnagrobek خازه ( دقبر )، تيږه lápide piatră de mormânt надгробный камень náhrobný kameň nagrobni kamen nadgrobni spomenik gravsten หินสลักชื่อผู้ตายหน้าหลุมฝังศพ mezar taşı 墓碑 могильний камінь; надгробок قبر کا کتبہ bia; mộ chí 墓碑

ˈgraveyard noun

a place where the dead are buried. kerkhof, begraafplaas مَقْبَرَه гробище cemitério hřbitov der Friedhof kirkegård; begravelsesplads νεκροταφείοcementerio surnuaed قبرستان hautausmaa cimetière בֵּית קְבָרוֹת कब्रिस्तान groblje temető kuburan, pemakaman kirkjugarður, grafreitur cimitero 墓地 묘지 kapinės kapsēta tanah perkuburan begraafplaatskirkegård, gravlundcmentarz اديره، هديره، مړيستونونه cemitério cimitir кладбище cintorín pokopališče groblje kyrkogård, begravningsplats สุสาน mezarlık 墓地 кладовище قبرستان nghĩa địa 墓地

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grave²

(greiv) adjective

1. important. a grave responsibility; grave decisions. ernstige مُهِم важен grave vážný, důležitý schwerwiegend betydningsfuld; vigtig σημαντικόςgrave, serio tähtis مهم vakava graveחשוב गंभीर ozbiljan, težak fontos, súlyos penting mikilvægur grave 重要な 중요한 svarbus, rimtas nopietns; svarīgs penting groot; belangrijk, gewichtig viktig, betydningsfull ważki غت،مهم grave important серьёзный vážny pomemben važan viktig, betydelsefull สำคัญ önemli, ciddî 重大的 важливий اہم quan trọng 重大的

2. serious, dangerous. grave news. gewigtige, gevaarlike خَطير застрашителен grave závažný ernst alvorlig σοβαρός, ανησυχητικόςgrave, serio ähvardav خطرناک huolestuttava graveרציני गंभीर ozbiljan, opasan komoly serius alvarlegur, hættulegur grave 重大な 심각한, 위험한 rimtas, keliantis nerimą nospiedošs; draudīgs serius ernstigalvorligniepokojący خطرناك، وېروونكى، بيروونكى، ډاروونكى grave grav тревожный závažný resen ozbiljan allvarlig, grav รุนแรง ciddî, endişelendirici 危急的 небезпечний سنجیدہ nghiêm trọng 危急的

3. serious, sad. a grave expression. stemmige, ernstige جَدّي، وَقور сериозен grave vážný ernst alvorlig; dyster σοβαρός, θλιμμένοςgrave tõsine ناگوار vakava sérieux חָמוּר סֶבֶר अनुदात ozbiljan, tužan súlyos sedih alvarlegur, dapurlegur serio 深刻な 침울한 rimtas, liūdnas bēdīgs; drūms sedih ernstig, somberalvorlig, sørgeligpoważny, ponury غت، جدی grave serios серьёзный vážny resen tužan allvarlig, dyster เศร้าซึม ciddî 嚴肅的 понурий سنجیدہ ، غمگین trang nghiêm 严肃的

ˈgravely adverb

stemmig, ernstig بِجَديَّه، بِوَقار важно gravemente vážně, závažně ernst betydningsfuldt; vigtigt; alvorligt; dystert σοβαράgravemente, seriamente tõsiselt به شدت؛ بطور وخیم vakavasti gravement בְּאוֹפֶן חָמוּר गंभीरता से ozbiljno, teško komolyan, súlyosan dengan sedih alvarlega gravemente おもおもしく 엄숙히 rimtai nopietni; nospiedoši; drūmi dengan serius: ernstigalvorligpoważnie په جدى ډول gravemente grav, solemn серьёзно vážne resno ozbiljno allvarligt อย่างร้ายแรง ciddî bir şekilde 重大地 серйозно سنجیدگی سے nghiêm trọng; quan trọng 重大地

ˈgravity (ˈgrӕ-) noun

The gravity of the situation was clear to us all. erns جاذِبِيَّه важност gravidade vážnost, závažnost der Ernst alvor; tyngde σοβαρότηταgravedad, seriedad tõsidus وخامت vakavuus gravité חומרה, רצינות गंभीरता težina komolyság, súly berat þyngdarafl gravità 重大さ 중대함 rimtumas nopietnība; svarīgums keseriusan ernstalvorpowaga درنښت، اهميت، جديت: تول ( وزن ): دجاذبې قوه gravidade gravitate серьёзность vážnosť resnost ozbiljnost allvar ความรุนแรง ciddiyet 嚴重性 серйозність سنجیدگی tính quan trọng 严重性

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grave

→ قَبْر hrob grav Grab τάφος sepultura hauta tombe grob tomba 墓 무덤 graf grav grób sepultura могила grav หลุมฝังศพ mezar mộ 坟墓

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grave

a. severo-a, serio-a, peligroso-a.

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grave

adj grave

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