grave
noun
[ ɡreɪv ]
• a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound.
• "the coffin was lowered into the grave"
Similar:
burying place,
tomb,
sepulchre,
vault,
burial chamber,
burial pit,
mausoleum,
crypt,
catacomb,
last home,
last resting place,
tumulus,
barrow,
undercroft,
Origin:
Old English græf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch graf and German Grab .
grave
adjective
• giving cause for alarm; serious.
• "a matter of grave concern"
Similar:
serious,
important,
all-important,
profound,
significant,
momentous,
weighty,
of great consequence,
vital,
crucial,
critical,
acute,
urgent,
pressing,
exigent,
pivotal,
precarious,
touch-and-go,
life-and-death,
in the balance,
dire,
terrible,
awful,
dreadful,
alarming,
drastic,
sore,
perilous,
hazardous,
dangerous,
threatening,
menacing,
risky,
dicey,
hairy,
iffy,
chancy,
dodgy,
egregious,
• serious or solemn in manner or appearance.
• "his face was grave"
Similar:
solemn,
earnest,
serious,
sombre,
sober,
severe,
unsmiling,
long-faced,
stone-faced,
stony-faced,
grim-faced,
grim,
gloomy,
preoccupied,
thoughtful,
dignified,
staid,
dour,
aloof,
forbidding,
grave
noun
• another term for grave accent.
Origin:
late 15th century (originally of a wound in the sense ‘severe, serious’): from Old French grave or Latin gravis ‘heavy, serious’.
grave
verb
• engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface.
• "marble graved with exquisite flower, human and animal forms"
Origin:
Old English grafan ‘dig’, of Germanic origin; related to German graben, Dutch graven ‘dig’ and German begraben ‘bury’, also to grave1 and groove.
grave
verb
• clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it.
• "they graved the ship there and remained 26 days"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from French dialect grave, variant of Old French greve ‘shore’ (because originally the ship would have been run aground).
grave
adverb
• (as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.
• "the piece begins with four bars which are to be played grave and forte"
grave
adjective
• performed in a slow and solemn way.
• "the grave sections of the first movement"
Origin:
Italian, ‘slow’.
