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Definitions for Graven

[1] a past participle of grave3.
[2] deeply impressed; firmly fixed.
[3] carved; sculptured: a graven idol.
[4] to carve, sculpt, or engrave.
[5] to impress deeply: graven on the mind.
[6] to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
[7] a past participle of grave 3
[8] strongly fixed
[9] a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone Related adjective: sepulchral
[10] something resembling a grave or resting place the ship went to its grave
[11] the grave a poetic term for death
[12] have one foot in the grave informal to be near death
[13] 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
[14] serious and solemn a grave look
[15] full of or suggesting danger a grave situation
[16] important; crucial grave matters of state
[17] (of colours) sober or dull
[18] 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
[19] a grave accent
[20] to cut, carve, sculpt, or engrave
[21] to fix firmly in the mind
[22] (tr) nautical to clean and apply a coating of pitch to (the bottom of a vessel)
[23] music to be performed in a solemn manner

Words related to Graven

carved, etched

Words nearby Graven

gravel-blind, gravel-voiced, graveldiver, gravelly, gravely, graven, graven image, gravenhage, gravenhage, 's, graveolent, graver

Origin of Graven

41425–75; late Middle English; perhaps akin to gravel

Other words from Graven

non·grav·en , adjective
un·grav·en , adjective
well-grav·en , adjective
grav·er , noun

Word origin for Graven

C17: from Italian: heavy, from Latin gravis

Synonyms for Graven

carved, etched, sculptured