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Definitions for Grave

[1] an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
[2] any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave.
[3] any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.
[4] death: O grave, where is thy victory?
[5] have one foot in the grave , to be so frail, sick, or old that death appears imminent: It was a shock to see my uncle looking as if he had one foot in the grave.
[6] make (one) turn /turn over in one's grave , to do something to which a specified dead person would have objected bitterly: This production of Hamlet is enough to make Shakespeare turn in his grave.
[7] serious or solemn; sober: a grave person; grave thoughts.
[8] weighty, momentous, or important: grave responsibilities.
[9] threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; critical: a grave situation; a grave illness.
[10] Grammar . unaccented. spoken on a low or falling pitch. noting or having a particular accent (`) indicating originally a comparatively low pitch (as in French père ), distinct syllabic value (as in English belovèd ), etc. (opposed to acute).
[11] (of colors) dull; somber.
[12] the grave accent.
[13] to carve, sculpt, or engrave.
[14] to impress deeply: graven on the mind.
[15] to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
[16] slow; solemn.
[17] slowly; solemnly.
[18] a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone Related adjective: sepulchral
[19] something resembling a grave or resting place the ship went to its grave
[20] the grave a poetic term for death
[21] have one foot in the grave informal to be near death
[22] to make someone turn in his grave or to make someone turn over in his grave to do something that would have shocked or distressed (someone now dead) many modern dictionaries would make Dr Johnson turn in his grave
[23] serious and solemn a grave look
[24] full of or suggesting danger a grave situation
[25] important; crucial grave matters of state
[26] (of colours) sober or dull
[27] phonetics (of a vowel or syllable in some languages with a pitch accent, such as ancient Greek) spoken on a lower or falling musical pitch relative to neighbouring syllables or vowels of or relating to an accent (`) over vowels, denoting a pronunciation with lower or falling musical pitch (as in ancient Greek), with certain special quality (as in French), or in a manner that gives the vowel status as a syllable nucleus not usually possessed by it in that position (as in English agèd ) Compare acute (def. 8), circumflex
[28] a grave accent
[29] to cut, carve, sculpt, or engrave
[30] to fix firmly in the mind
[31] (tr) nautical to clean and apply a coating of pitch to (the bottom of a vessel)
[32] music to be performed in a solemn manner

Words related to Grave

heavy, subdued, sage, quiet, earnest, sedate, sober, dull, dignified, muted, acute, major, threatening, pressing, killing, fell, crypt, sepulcher, catacomb, shrine

Words nearby Grave

graupel, graustark, grav, gravadlax, gravamen, grave, grave clothes, grave-wax, graveclothes, gravedigger, gravel

Origin of Grave

51575–85; < Italian grave < Latin gravis heavy; see grave2

Words that may be confused with Grave

gravely, gravelly

Other words from Grave

grave·less , adjective
grave·like , adjective
grave·ward , grave·wards , adverb, adjective
grave·ly , adverb
grave·ness , noun
un·grave·ly , adverb
grav·er , noun

Word origin for Grave

C17: from Italian: heavy, from Latin gravis

Synonyms for Grave

dignified, dull, earnest, heavy, muted, quiet, sage, sedate, sober, subdued, cold sober, deadpan, dour, grim, grim-faced, leaden, long-faced, meaningful, no-nonsense, ponderous, sad, saturnine, solemn, somber, staid, strictly business, thoughtful, unsmiling