grave

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Grave

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
complete	access	ways	#951: grave	serious	possession	move

[ Pronunciation

enPR: grāv, IPA: /ɡreɪv/, SAMPA: /greIv/
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Rhymes: -eɪv

[ Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin gravis

[ Adjective

grave (comparative graver, superlative gravest)

Positive
grave

Comparative
graver

Superlative
gravest

(obsolete) Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

His shield grave and great. —Chapman.
Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. —Shakespeare.

A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. —Milton.
Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
(music) 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).
(music) Slow and solemn in movement.

{Grave accent}. (pronunciation) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

{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 grave remark; grave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.

[ Synonyms

[ Noun

Singular
grave

Plural
graves

grave (plural graves)

An accent used in French, Italian and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.

[ Translations

ponderous

Czech: závažný

Japanese: 物々しい (monomonoshi'i)

[ Etymology 2

Old English grafan

[ Verb

Infinitive
to grave

Third person singular
graves

Simple past
graved or grove

Past participle
graved or graven

Present participle
graving

to grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past graved or grove, past participle graved or graven)

(transitive) To dig. (Obs.) Chaucer.

He hath graven and digged up a pit. —Ps. VII 16 (Book of Prayer).
(transitive) 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.

This be the verse you grave for me / “Here he lies where he longs to be” — Stevenson, Requiem
(transitive) 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.
(transitive) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

O! may they graven in thy heart remain. —Prior.
(transitive) To entomb; to bury. (Obs.) —Chaucer.

Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. —Shakespeare.
(transitive, nautical) 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.
(intransitive) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

[ Etymology 3

Old English græf

[ Noun

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Grave (burial)

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A freshly dug grave

Singular
grave

Plural
graves

grave (plural graves)

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

He had lain in thee grave four days. —John XI.,17.