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grave¹ (gr

a. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.

b. A place of burial.

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

[Middle English, from Old English græf; see ghrebh-² in Indo-European roots.]

grave² (gr

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. Linguistics also (gräv)

A mark (

) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.

[French, from Old French, from Latin gravis; see g^wer-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

gravely adv.

graveness n.

grave³ (gr

tr.v. graved, grav·en (gr

n) or graved, grav·ing, graves

1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.

2. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

[Middle English graven, from Old English grafan; see ghrebh-² in Indo-European roots.]

grave⁴ (gr

tr.v. graved, grav·ing, graves

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

[Middle English graven.]

gra·ve⁵ (grä

)

adv. & adj. Music

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

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

grave¹

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

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

3. (often preceded by the) a poetic term for death

have one foot in the grave Informal to be near death

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]

grave²

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. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (of colours) sober or dull

5. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (also grɑːv) 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 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 acute [8] circumflex

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (also grɑːv) a grave accent

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

gravely adv

graveness n

grave³

vb graves, graving, graved ; graved, graven (tr) Archaic

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / 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]

grave⁴

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

[perhaps from Old French grave gravel]

grave⁵

adj & adv

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

[from Italian: heavy, from Latin gravis]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

grave¹

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]

grave²

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

Translations

grave¹ [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

grave² [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

grave³ [grɑːv] ADJ (Ling) grave accent → acento m grave

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

grave:

graveclothes

pl → Totengewand nt

grave digger

n → Totengräber(in) m(f)

grave goods

pl (Archeol) → Grabbeigaben pl

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

grave¹

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

grave²

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

grave³

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

n → Gravis m

grave¹ [greɪv] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (gen) → grave, serio/a
it had grave consequences for the nation → si ripercosse pesantemente su tutta la nazione

grave² [greɪv] n → tomba

grave¹

n grave [greiv]

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 hrob grav das Grab τάφος tumba haud قبر hauta tombe קֶבֶר कब्र grob sír makam gröf tomba 墓 무덤 kapas kaps kubur graf grav grób campa mormânt могила hrob grob grob grav หลุมศพ mezar 墳墓 могила قبر huyệt; mộ 坟墓

n gravedigger

a person whose job is digging graves. grafmaker, grafgrawer حَفّار القُبور гробар hrobník graver der Totengräber νεκροθάφτης sepulturero, enterrador hauakaevaja قبر کن haudankaivaja fossoyeur קָברַן कब्र खोदने वाला grobar sírásó penggali kuburan grafari becchino 墓掘り人夫 무덤 파는 사람 duobkasys kapracis penggali kubur grafdelver, doodgraver graver grabarz 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

n gravestone

a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written. grafsteen شاهِد، بَلاطَة ضَريح надгробен камък náhrobní kámen gravsten der Grabstein ταφόπετρα lápida hauakivi سنگ قبر hautakivi pierre tombale מַצֵבָה समाधि पत्थर nadgrobna ploča sírkő batu nisan legsteinn pietra tombale, lapide 墓石 묘비 antkapinis akmuo kapakmens batu nisan grafsteen gravstein nagrobek 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

n graveyard

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

grave²

adj grave [greiv]

1 important a grave responsibility; grave decisions. ernstige مُهِم важен vážný, důležitý betydningsfuld; vigtig schwerwiegend σημαντικός grave, serio tähtis مهم vakava grave חָשוּב गंभीर ozbiljan, težak fontos, súlyos penting mikilvægur grave 重要な 중요한 svarbus, rimtas nopietns; svarīgs penting groot; belangrijk, gewichtig viktig, betydningsfull ważki 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 závažný alvorlig ernst σοβαρός, ανησυχητικός grave, serio ähvardav خطرناک huolestuttava grave רְצִינִי गंभीर ozbiljan, opasan komoly serius alvarlegur, hættulegur grave 重大な 심각한, 위험한 rimtas, keliantis nerimą nospiedošs; draudīgs serius ernstig alvorlig niepokojący 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 vážný alvorlig; dyster ernst σοβαρός, θλιμμένος grave tõsine ناگوار vakava sérieux חָמוּר סֶבֶר अनुदात ozbiljan, tužan súlyos sedih alvarlegur, dapurlegur serio 深刻な 침울한 rimtas, liūdnas bēdīgs; drūms sedih ernstig, somber alvorlig, sørgelig poważny, ponury grave serios серьёзный vážny resen tužan allvarlig, dyster เศร้าซึม ciddî 嚴肅的 понурий سنجیدہ ، غمگین trang nghiêm 阴沉的

adv gravely

stemmig, ernstig بِجَديَّه، بِوَقار важно vážně, závažně betydningsfuldt; vigtigt; alvorligt; dystert ernst σοβαρά gravemente, 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 엄숙하게 rimtai nopietni; nospiedoši; drūmi dengan serius: ernstig alvorlig poważnie 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

n gravity [ˈgrӕ-]

The gravity of the situation was clear to us all. erns جاذِبِيَّه важност vážnost, závažnost alvor; tyngde der Ernst σοβαρότητα gravedad, seriedad tõsidus وخامت vakavuus gravité חוּמרָה, רְצִינוּת गंभीरता težina komolyság, súly berat þyngdarafl gravità 重大さ 중대함 rimtumas nopietnība; svarīgums keseriusan ernst alvor powaga gravidade gravitate серьёзность vážnosť resnost ozbiljnost allvar ความรุนแรง ciddiyet 嚴重性 серйозність سنجیدگی tính quan trọng 严重性

grave → قبر 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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