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GRAVE, a final syllable, is a grove.
GRAVE, v.t. pret. graved; pp. graven or graved. [Gr. to write; originally all writing was graving; Eng. to scrape.]
1. To carve or cut letters or figures on stone or other hard substance, with a chisel or edged tool; to engrave. [The latter word is now more generally used.]
Thou shalt take two onyx-stones and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. Exodus 28.
2. To carve; to form or shape by cutting with a chisel; as, to grave an image.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Exodus 20.
3. To clean a ship's bottom by burning off filth, grass or other foreign matter, and paying it over with pitch.
4. To entomb. [Unusual.]
GRAVE, v.i. To carve; to write or delineate on hard substances; to practice engraving.
GRAVE, n. [L. scrobs.]
1. The ditch, pit or excavated place in which a dead human body is deposited; a place for the corpse of a human being; a sepulcher.
2. A tomb.
3. Any place where the dead are reposited; a place of great slaughter or mortality. Flanders was formerly the grave of English armies. Russia proved to be the grave of the French army under Bonaparte. The tropical climates are the grave of American seamen and of British soldiers.
4. Graves, in the plural, sediment of tallow melted. [Not in use or local.]
adj
1: 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" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn]
2: 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" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening]
3: 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" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty] n
1: death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
2: 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" [syn: grave, tomb]
3: a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: grave accent, grave] v
1: 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" [syn: sculpt, sculpture, grave]
2: 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" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]
I. transitive verb (graved; graven or graved; graving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grafan; akin to Old High German graban to dig, Old Church Slavic pogreti to bury Date: before 12th century 1. archaic dig, excavate 2. a. to carve or shape with a chisel ; sculpture b. to carve or cut (as letters or figures) into a hard surface ; engrave 3. to impress or fix (as a thought) deeply II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English græf; akin to Old High German grab grave, Old English grafan to dig Date: before 12th century 1. an excavation for burial of a body; broadly a burial place 2. a. death 1a b. death 4 III. transitive verb (graved; graving) Etymology: Middle English graven Date: 15th century to clean and pay with pitch <grave a ship's bottom> IV. adjective (graver; gravest) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin gravis heavy, grave — more at grieve Date: 1539 1. a. obsolete authoritative, weighty b. meriting serious consideration ; important <grave problems> c. likely to produce great harm or danger <a grave mistake> d. significantly serious ; considerable, great <grave importance> 2. having a serious and dignified quality or demeanor <a grave and thoughtful look> 3. drab in color ; somber 4. low-pitched in sound 5. a. of an accent mark having the form ? b. marked with a grave accent c. of the variety indicated by a grave accent Synonyms: see serious • gravely adverb • graveness noun V. noun Date: 1609 a grave accent ? used to show that a vowel is pronounced with a fall of pitch (as in ancient Greek), that a vowel has a certain quality (as è in French), that a final e is stressed and close and that a final o is stressed and low (as in Italian), that a syllable has a degree of stress between maximum and minimum (as in phonetic transcription), or that the e of the English ending -ed is to be pronounced (as in “this cursèd day”) VI. adverb or adjective Etymology: Italian, literally, grave, from Latin gravis Date: 1683 slowly and solemnly — used as a direction in music
1. n. 1 a a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial. b a mound or memorial stone placed over this. 2 (prec. by the) death, esp. as indicating mortal finality. 3 something compared to or regarded as a grave. Phrases and idioms: turn in one's grave (of a dead person) be thought of in certain circumstances as likely to have been shocked or angry when alive. Derivatives: graveless adj. graveward adv. & adj. Etymology: OE græf f. WG 2. adj. & n. --adj. 1 a serious, weighty, important (a grave matter). b dignified, solemn, sombre (a grave look). 2 extremely serious or threatening (grave danger). 3 (of sound) low-pitched, not acute. --n. = grave accent. Phrases and idioms: grave accent a mark (`) placed over a vowel in some languages to denote pronunciation, length, etc., orig. indicating low or falling pitch. Derivatives: gravely adv. graveness n. Etymology: F grave or L gravis heavy, serious 3. v.tr. (past part. graven or graved) 1 (foll. by in, on) fix indelibly (on one's memory). 2 archaic engrave, carve. Phrases and idioms: graven image an idol. Etymology: OE grafan dig, engrave f. Gmc: cf. GROOVE 4. v.tr. clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off accretions and by tarring. Phrases and idioms: graving dock = dry dock. Etymology: perh. F dial. grave = OF greve shore
Grave Grave, v. i. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
Grave Grave, n. [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. gr["o]f, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.] An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction. He bad lain in the grave four days. --John xi. 17. Grave wax, adipocere.
Grave Grave, v. t. (Naut.) 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 Grave, a. [Compar. Graver (gr[=a]v"[~e]r); superl. Gravest.] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] His shield grave and great. --Chapman. 2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. --Shak. A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. --Milton. 3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face. 4. (Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key. The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). (b) Slow and solemn in movement. Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2. Syn: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important. Usage: Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.
Grave Grave, v. t. [imp. Graved (gr[=a]vd); p. p. Graven (gr[=a]v"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS. grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw. gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.] 1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer. He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer). 2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 9. 3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image. With gold men may the hearte grave. --Chaucer. 4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior. 5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
(graver, gravest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A grave is a place where a dead person is buried. They used to visit her grave twice a year. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to someone's death as their grave or to death as the grave. ...drinking yourself to an early grave... Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency. N-COUNT: oft to N, oft poss/adj N 3. A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying. He said that the situation in his country is very grave... I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story. ADJ • gravely They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government. ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v 4. A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour. William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave... ADJ • gravely 'I think I've covered that business more than adequately,' he said gravely. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 5. In some languages such as French, a grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'. ADJ: ADJ n 6. If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive. Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name. PHRASE: V and N inflect 7. from the cradle to the grave: see cradle
Among the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12; John 11:30). Kings (1 Kings 2:10) and prophets (1 Sam. 25:1) were generally buried within cities. Graves were generally grottoes or caves, natural or hewn out in rocks (Isa. 22:16; Matt. 27:60). There were family cemeteries (Gen. 47:29; 50:5; 2 Sam. 19:37). Public burial-places were assigned to the poor (Jer. 26:23; 2 Kings 23:6). Graves were usually closed with stones, which were whitewashed, to warn strangers against contact with them (Matt. 23:27), which caused ceremonial pollution (Num. 19:16).
There were no graves in Jerusalem except those of the kings, and according to tradition that of the prophetess Huldah.
I. v. a. 1. Engrave, imprint, infix, impress deeply. 2. Carve, form by cutting. II. n. Pit (for a dead body), sepulchre, tomb, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home. III. a. 1. Important, weighty, serious, momentous, cogent, of great consequence. 2. Sober, serious, sedate, thoughtful, staid, solemn. 3. Plain, sober, quiet, subdued. 4. (Mus.) Deep, not acute, low in pitch.
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