Definitions for grave
ˈgrɑ veɪgrave

Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grave(noun)

   death of a person

   "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

2. grave, tomb(noun)

   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"

3. grave accent, grave(adj)

   a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

4. grave, sedate, sober, solemn(adj)

   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"

5. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening(adj)

   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"

6. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty(verb)

   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"

7. sculpt, sculpture, grave(verb)

   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"

8. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe(verb)

   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"

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Grave(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

2. Grave

   of great weight; heavy; ponderous

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

3. Grave

   of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

4. Grave

   not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

5. Grave

   not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

6. Grave

   slow and solemn in movement

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

7. Grave(noun)

   to dig. [Obs.] Chaucer

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

8. Grave(noun)

   to carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

9. Grave(noun)

   to carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image

   Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

10. Grave(noun)

    to impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly

    Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

11. Grave(noun)

    to entomb; to bury

    Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

12. Grave(verb)

    to write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving

    Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

13. Grave(noun)

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

    Etymology: [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]

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1. Grave

   A grave is a location where a dead body is buried. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries. Certain details of a grave, such as the state of the body found within it and any objects found with the body, may provide information for archaeologists about how the body may have lived before its death, including the time period in which it lived and the culture that it had been a part of. In some religions, it is believed that the body must be burned for the soul to survive; in others, the complete decomposition

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grave

   grāv, v.t. to carve or cut on a hard substance: to engrave.—v.i. to engrave:—pa.p. graved or grāv′en.—n. a pit graved or dug out, esp. one in which to bury the dead: any place of burial: the abode of the dead: (fig.) death: destruction.—n.pl. Grave′-clothes, the clothes in which the dead are buried.—n. Grave′-dig′ger, one who digs graves.—adj. Grave′less (Shak.), without a grave, unburied.—ns. Grave′-mak′er (Shak.), a grave-digger; Grave′-stone, a stone laid over, or placed at the head of, a grave as a memorial; Grave′yard, a yard or enclosure used as a burial-ground.—With one foot in the grave, on the very borders of death. [A.S. grafan; Dut. graven, Ger. graben; Gr. graphein, to scratch, L. scribĕre, to write.]

2. Grave

   grāv, v.t. to smear with graves or greaves, a mixture of tallow, rosin, &c. boiled together.—ns.pl. Graves, Greaves, tallow-drippings. [See Greaves.]

3. Grave

   grāv, adj. of importance: serious: not gay or showy: sober: solemn; weighty: (mus.) not acute: low.—n. the grave accent, or its sign (`).—adv. Grave′ly.—n. Grave′ness. [Fr.,—L. gravis.]

4. Grave

   grāv, n. a count, prefect, a person holding office, as in landgrave, margrave, burgrave, &c. [Dut. graaf, Ger. graf.]

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British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'grave' in Nouns Frequency: #1944

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grave in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of grave in a Sentence

1. Jim Emison:

   The main reason we’ve got to tell this story is to be honest with ourselves about what we are, and when you dig into this you begin to understand the depths of the wounds this inflicted and those wounds don’t go to the grave with Elbert Williams’ generation … they live on. Whatever the result, legally we think that the investigation itself is a great positive and that the end result will be a reconciliation.

2. David Gallo:

   Ive been called a greedy treasure hunter, a grave robber, i find these charges to be personally insulting.

3. Scott Biggs:

   The judges made a grave error, but if they need more clarification, we are happy to give it to them by fixing the statute.

4. Mario Baron:

   The forest marches towards its grave.

5. Zoe Lofgren:

   The breach today at the U.S. Capitol raises grave security concerns, i intend to have the Committee on House Administration work with the bipartisan House and Senate leadership to address these concerns and review the response in coming days.

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