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11 dictionary results for: Graves
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Graves       [greyvz] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Morris, 1910–2001, U.S. painter.
2.Robert (Ran·ke)       [rahng-kuh] Pronunciation Key, 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic.
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Graves       [grahv; Fr. grav] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
2.a dry, red or white table wine produced in this region.
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grave 1       (grāv)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
    2. A place of burial.
  2. Death or extinction: faced the grave with calm resignation.


[Middle English, from Old English græf; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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grave 2       (grāv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   grav·er, grav·est
  1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.
  2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.
  3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.
  4. Somber or dark in hue.
  5. also (gräv) Linguistics
    1. Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.
    2. Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.

n.   Linguistics also (gräv)
A mark ( ` ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.


[French, from Old French, from Latin gravis; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

grave'ly adv., grave'ness n.
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grave 3       (grāv)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   graved, grav·en (grā'vən) or graved, grav·ing, graves
  1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.
  2. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.


[Middle English graven, from Old English grafan; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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grave 4       (grāv)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   graved, grav·ing, graves
To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.


[Middle English graven.]

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Graves       (gräv')  Pronunciation Key 
A region of southwest France in the Garonne River valley. The area is known for its fine table wines.

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Graves       (grāvz)  Pronunciation Key 
British writer and critic whose works include poetic delineations of his tour of service in World War I, love poems, and the critical work The White Goddess (1948).

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graves

noun
English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985) 

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Graves County, KY (county, FIPS 83) Location: 36.72327 N, 88.64982 W
Population (1990): 33550 (14528 housing units)
Area: 1439.1 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)

Graves, GA Zip code(s): 31742

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Graves

Graves\, n. pl. The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

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