grave 1 (gr v)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.
[Middle English, from Old English græf; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
grave 2 (grv)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 gwer -1 in Indo-European roots.]
grave ly adv. graveness n. |
grave 3 (grv)tr.v. graved, grav·en (grvn) 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.] |
grave 4 (grv)tr.v. graved, grav·ing, graves To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.
[Middle English graven.] |
grave 1 Adjective [rhymes with save, rhymes with halve, rhymes with halve] 1. serious and worrying: grave concern 2. serious and solemn in appearance or behaviour: the man looked grave and respectful 3. denoting an accent (\`) over a vowel in some languages, such as French, which indicates that the vowel is pronounced in a particular way Noun a grave accent [Latin gravis] gravely adv
grave 2 [rhymes with save] Noun 1. a place where a dead person is buried Related adjective sepulchral 2. death: people are smoking themselves to an early grave 3. make someone turn in his or her grave to do something that would have shocked a person who is now dead [Old English græf]
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"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 pronunciationaccent 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"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"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"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"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"important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
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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 << OPPOSITE trifling adjective 2. solemn, sober, gloomy, dull, thoughtful, subdued, sombre, dour, grim-faced, long-faced, unsmiling << OPPOSITE carefree  Translations grave [greɪv] n → tumba
 grave [greɪv] n → tombe f
 grave [greɪv] n → Grab nt ( expression, person) → ernst
 grave [greɪv] n → tomba
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