Etymology : Middle English, from Old English grafan; akin to Old High German graban to dig, Old Church Slavonic pogreti to bury
Pronunciation : 'grAv
Function : transitive verb
Date : before 12th century
1. place where a person or thing is buried. engrave, inscribe; carve; sculpt. severe; serious, critical; somber, sober. grave\grave\, v. t. [imp. graved (grāvd); p. p. graven (grāv"'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?fva, icel. grafa, but prob. not to gr. gra`fein to write, e. graphic. cf. grave, n., grove, n.].
2. to dig. [obs.] chaucer. he hath graven and digged up a pit. vii. 16 (book of common prayer).
3. 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. xxviii.
4. 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.
5. to impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. o! may they graven in thy heart remain.
6. to entomb; to bury. [obs.] lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.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 (grāv"&etilde;r); superl. gravest.] [f., fr. l. gravis heavy; cf. it. & sp. grave heavy, grave. see:
grief.].
7. of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [obs.] his shield grave and great.
8. of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. a grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.
9. not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
10. (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. (encyc. of music). (b) slow and solemn in movement.grave accent. (pron.) see:
the note under accent, n., 2.
11. A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave.
12. See Margrave.
13. 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.
14. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
15. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
16. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
17. Not acute or sharp; low; deep; said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
18. Slow and solemn in movement.
19. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
20. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
21. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
22. To impress deeply ; to fix indelibly.
23. To entomb; to bury.
24. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
25. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
26. Hence: Death; destruction. a place for the burial of a corpse ; "he put flowers on his mother's grave" death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" 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" 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".
27. grave graves graver gravest Pronounced except for meaning 5., when it is pronounced.
28. A grave is a place where a dead person is buried. They used to visit her grave twice a year.
29. 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.
30. 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. + gravely grave·ly They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government.
31. 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 + gravely grave·ly `I think I've covered that business more than adequately,' he said gravely.
32. 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'.
33. 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.
34. from the cradle to the grave: see:
cradle. To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.
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