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noun
Idioms1.
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
2.
any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave.
3.
any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.
4.
death: O grave, where is thy victory?
5.
have one foot in the grave, to be so frail, sick, or old that death appears imminent: It was a shock to see my uncle looking as if he had one foot in the grave.
6.
make (one) turn/turn over in one's grave, to do something to which a specified dead person would have objected bitterly: This production of Hamlet is enough to make Shakespeare turn in his grave.
Related forms
grave·less, adjective
grave·like, adjective
grave·ward, grave·wards, adverb, adjective
adjective
1.
serious or solemn; sober: a grave person; grave thoughts.
2.
weighty, momentous, or important: grave responsibilities.
3.
threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; critical: a grave situation; a grave illness.
4.
Grammar.
b.
spoken on a low or falling pitch.
c.
noting or having a particular accent (`) indicating originally a comparatively low pitch (as in French père), distinct syllabic value (as in English belovèd), etc. (opposed to acute).
5.
(of colors) dull; somber.
noun
6.
the grave accent.
Origin:
1535–45; < Middle French < Latin gravis; akin to Greek barýs heavy
1535–45; < Middle French < Latin gravis; akin to Greek barýs heavy
Related forms
grave·ly, adverb
grave·ness, noun
un·grave·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. sedate, staid, thoughtful. Grave, sober, solemn refer to the condition of being serious in demeanor or appearance. Grave indicates a weighty dignity, or the character, aspect, demeanor, speech, etc., of one conscious of heavy responsibilities or cares, or of threatening possibilities: The jury looked grave while studying the evidence. Sober (from its original sense of freedom from intoxication, and hence temperate, staid, sedate) has come to indicate absence of levity, gaiety, or mirth, and thus to be akin to serious and grave: as sober as a judge; a sober expression on one's face. Solemn implies an impressive seriousness and deep earnestness: The minister's voice was solemn as he announced the text.
1. sedate, staid, thoughtful. Grave, sober, solemn refer to the condition of being serious in demeanor or appearance. Grave indicates a weighty dignity, or the character, aspect, demeanor, speech, etc., of one conscious of heavy responsibilities or cares, or of threatening possibilities: The jury looked grave while studying the evidence. Sober (from its original sense of freedom from intoxication, and hence temperate, staid, sedate) has come to indicate absence of levity, gaiety, or mirth, and thus to be akin to serious and grave: as sober as a judge; a sober expression on one's face. Solemn implies an impressive seriousness and deep earnestness: The minister's voice was solemn as he announced the text.
Antonyms
1. frivolous, gay.
1. frivolous, gay.
verb (used with object), graved, grav·ing. Nautical.
to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
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Word Origin & History
grave
O.E. grafan (p.t. grof, pp. grafen) "to dig, carve," from P.Gmc. *grabanan (cf. O.N. grafa, O.Fris. greva, O.H.G. graban, Goth. graban "to dig, carve"), from the same source as grave (n.). Its M.E. strong pp., graven, is the only part still active, the rest of the word supplanted
EXPANDby its derivative, engrave.
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Medical Dictionary
grave (grāv)
adj.
Serious or dangerous, as a symptom or disease.
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