grave

Definitions

1. 1

   A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

2. 2transitive verb

   To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

3. 3superlative

   Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

4. 4superlative

   Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

5. 5superlative

   Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

6. 6superlative

   Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

7. 7superlative

   Slow and solemn in movement.

8. 8noun

   To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

9. 9noun

   To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

10. 10noun

    To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

11. 11noun

    To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

12. 12noun

    To entomb; to bury.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

14. 14noun

    An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

15. 15noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    tomb
16. 16noun

    a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

17. 17noun

    death of a person

    "he went to his grave without forgiving me"

    "from cradle to grave"

18. 18verb

    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

    "engrave a pen"

    "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"

    Synonyms

    engraveinscribescratch
19. 19verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    sculptsculpture
20. 20adjective

    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

    "a dangerous operation"

    "a grave situation"

    Synonyms

    dangerousgrievousserioussevere
21. 21adjective

    of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

    "grave responsibilities"

    "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"

    Synonyms

    grievousheavyweighty
22. 22adjective

    dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

    "a grave God-fearing man"

    "a quiet sedate nature"

    Synonyms

    sedatesobersolemn