Grave (IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪv/)
| Grave (v. t.) |
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. |
| Grave (superl.) |
Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. |
| Grave (superl.) |
Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. |
| Grave (superl.) |
Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face. |
| Grave (superl.) |
Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key. |
| Grave (superl.) |
Slow and solemn in movement. |
| Grave (n.) |
To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer. |
| Grave (n.) |
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. |
| Grave (n.) |
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image. |
| Grave (n.) |
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. |
| Grave (n.) |
To entomb; to bury. |
| Grave (v. i.) |
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving. |
| Grave (n.) |
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction. |
| Grave |
Burial location of a dead body |
| Grave |
Predecessor to the kilogram |
| Grave |
Musical tempo |
| Grave |
Municipality in the Netherlands |
| Grave |
Swedish death metal band |
| Grave Synonyms |
Critical, Grievous, Severe, Dangerous, Serious, Life-threatening |
| Grave Synonyms |
Weighty, Of Import, Heavy, Grievous, Important |
| Grave Synonyms |
Solemn, Sedate, Serious, Sober |
| Grave Synonyms |
Grave Accent |
| Grave Synonyms |
Tomb |
| Grave Synonyms |
Engrave, Inscribe, Scratch |
| Grave Synonyms |
Sculpture, Sculpt |
| Grave (Last Name / Surname) |
Grave is the #32,599 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 705 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Grave in Spanish is Tumba |
| Tagalog Translation |
Grave in Tagalog is Grabe |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [Matrimony] is the grave of love." - Giacomo Casanova |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A grave thort strike me: ALL BOOKS WHICH BOYS HAV TO READ ARE WRONG" - Molesworth |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit." - Judges |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A more-efficient maniac With two feet in the grave I ain't got no last words to say" - The Beavis and Butt-head Experience |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A woman's work, grave sirs, is never done." - Work |
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