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grave 1  (grv)
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.]

gravely 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.]

gra·ve 5  (gräv)
adv. & adj. Music
In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

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

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
Noun1.gravegrave - 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.gravegrave - 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"
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
accent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Verb1.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.gravegrave - 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"

grave 1
noun tomb, vault, crypt, mausoleum, sepulchre, pit, last resting place, burying place >> adjective sepulchral

grave 2
adjective 2. solemn, sober, gloomy, dull, thoughtful, subdued, sombre, dour, grim-faced, long-faced, unsmiling << OPPOSITE carefree
Translations
grave [greɪv] ntumba
adjserio, grave

grave [greɪv] ntombe f
adjgrave, sérieux/euse

grave [greɪv] nGrab nt
adj (decision, mistake) → schwer (wiegend), schwerwiegend;
(expression, person) → ernst

grave [greɪv] ntomba
adjgrave, serio/a

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 무덤 kapas kaps kubur graf grav grób campa mormânt могила hrob grob grob grav หลุมศพ mezar 墳墓 могила قبر huyệt; mộ
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 무덤파는 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
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
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


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