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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.

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

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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.

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

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gravely adv.

graveness n.

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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.

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

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grave ⁴  (grv)

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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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

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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]

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 >> adjective sepulchral

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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

adj → serio, grave

grave [greɪv] n → tombe f

adj → grave, sérieux/euse

grave [greɪv] n → Grab nt

adj (decision, mistake) → schwer (wiegend), schwerwiegend;

(expression, person) → ernst

grave [greɪv] n → tomba

adj → grave, serio/a

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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.grafقَبْرгробhrobgravdas Grabτάφοςtumbahaudقبرhautatombeקֶבֶרकब्रgrobsírmakamgröftomba墓무덤kapaskapskuburgrafgravgróbcampamormântмогилаhrobgrobgrobgravหลุมศพmezar墳墓могилаقبرhuyệt; mộ坟墓

n ˈgravedigger

a person whose job is digging graves. grafmaker, grafgrawerحَفّار القُبورгробарhrobníkgraverder Totengräberνεκροθάφτηςsepulturero, enterradorhauakaevajaقبر کنhaudankaivajafossoyeurקָברַןकब्र खोदने वालाgrobarsírásópenggali kuburangrafaribecchino墓掘り人夫무덤파는 사람duobkasyskapracispenggali kuburgrafdelver, doodgravergravergrabarzcoveirogroparмогильщикhrobárgrobargrobardödgrävareคนขุดหลุมศพmezar kazıcı掘墓人гробокопач, гробарقبر کھودنے والا شخص، گورکنngười đào huyệt掘墓人

n ˈgravestone

a stone placed at a grave on which the dead person's name etc is written. grafsteenشاهِد، بَلاطَة ضَريحнадгробен камъкnáhrobní kámengravstender Grabsteinταφόπετραlápidahauakiviسنگ قبرhautakivipierre tombaleמַצֵבָהसमाधि पत्थरnadgrobna pločasírkőbatu nisanlegsteinnpietra tombale, lapide墓石묘비antkapinis akmuokapakmensbatu nisangrafsteengravsteinnagrobeklápidepiatră de mormântнадгробный каменьnáhrobný kameňnagrobni kamennadgrobni spomenikgravstenหินสลักชื่อผู้ตายหน้าหลุมฝังศพmezar taşı墓碑могильний камінь; надгробокقبر کا کتبہbia; mộ chí墓碑

n ˈgraveyard

a place where the dead are buried. kerkhof, begraafplaasمَقْبَرَهгробищеhřbitovkirkegård; begravelsespladsder Friedhofνεκροταφείοcementeriosurnuaedقبرستانhautausmaacimetièreבֵּית קְבָרוֹתकब्रिस्तानgrobljetemetőkuburan, pemakamankirkjugarður, grafreiturcimitero墓地묘지kapinėskapsētatanah perkuburanbegraafplaatskirkegård, gravlundcmentarzcemitériocimitirкладбищеcintorínpokopališčegrobljekyrkogård, begravningsplatsสุสานmezarlık墓地кладовищеقبرستانnghĩa địa墓地