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–noun
1.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 or 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.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE græf; c. G Grab; see grave3]

graveless, adjective
gravelike, adjective
graveward, gravewards, adverb, adjective
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grave2    Audio Help   [greyv; for 4, 6 also grahv] Pronunciation Key adjective, grav·er, grav·est for 1–3, 5, noun
–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.
a.unaccented.
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; < MF < L gravis; akin to Gk barýs heavy]

gravely, adverb
graveness, noun

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. frivolous, gay.
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–verb (used with object), graved, grav·en or graved, grav·ing.
1.to carve, sculpt, or engrave.
2.to impress deeply: graven on the mind.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME graven, OE grafan; c. G graben]

graver, noun
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–verb (used with object), graved, grav·ing. Nautical.
to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; perh. akin to gravel]
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–adjective
1.slow; solemn.
–adverb
2.slowly; solemnly.

[Origin: 1575–85; < It grave < L gravis heavy; see grave2]
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grave 1    Audio Help   (grāv)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
    2. A place of burial.
  1. 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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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    Audio Help   (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    Audio Help   (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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gra·ve 5    Audio Help   (grä'vā)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   & adj. Music
In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.


[Italian, from Latin gravis, heavy; see grave2.]

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grave  (n.)
O.E. græf "grave, ditch," from P.Gmc. *graban (cf. O.S. graf, O.Fris. gref, O.H.G. grab "grave, tomb;" O.N. gröf "cave," Goth. graba "ditch"), from PIE base *ghrebh-/*ghrobh- "to dig, to scratch, to scrape" (cf. O.C.S. grobu "grave, tomb"); related to grafan "to dig" (see grave (v.)). From Middle Ages to 17c., they were temporary, crudely marked repositories from which the bones were removed to ossuaries after some years and the grave used for a fresh burial. "Perpetual graves" became common from c.1650. To make (someone) turn in his grave "behave in some way that would have offended the dead person" is first recorded 1888. Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c.1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.

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grave  (adj.)
1541, from M.Fr. grave, from L. gravis "weighty, serious, heavy," from PIE base *gru- (cf. Skt. guruh "heavy, weighty;" Gk. baros "weight," barys "heavy;" Goth. kaurus "heavy").

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grave  (v.)
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 by its derivative, engrave.

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adjective
1. 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" 
2. 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" [syn: dangerous
3. 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" 

noun
1. death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" 
2. 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. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: grave accent

verb
1. 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" [syn: sculpt
2. 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" [syn: scratch

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grave [greiv] noun
a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried
Example: He laid flowers on the grave.
Arabic: قَبْر
Chinese (Simplified): 坟墓
Chinese (Traditional): 墳墓
Czech: hrob
Danish: grav
Estonian: haud
Finnish: hauta
French: tombe
German: das Grab
Greek: τάφος
Hungarian: sír
Icelandic: gröf
Indonesian: makam
Japanese:
Korean: 무덤
Latvian: kaps
Lithuanian: kapas
Norwegian: grav
Polish: grób
Portuguese (Brazil): túmulo
Portuguese (Portugal): campa
Romanian: mormânt
Russian: могила
Slovak: hrob
Slovenian: grob
Spanish: tumba
Swedish: grav
Turkish: mezar
grave1 [greiv] adjective
important
Example: a grave responsibility; grave decisions
Arabic: مُهِم
Chinese (Simplified): 重大的
Chinese (Traditional): 重大的
Czech: vážný, důležitý
Danish: betydningsfuld; vigtig
Estonian: tähtis
Finnish: vakava, raskas
French: grave
German: schwerwiegend
Greek: σημαντικός
Hungarian: fontos, súlyos
Icelandic: mikilvægur
Indonesian: penting
Japanese: 重要な
Korean: 중대한
Latvian: nopietns; svarīgs
Lithuanian: svarbus, rimtas
Norwegian: viktig, betydningsfull
Polish: ważki
Portuguese (Brazil): grave
Portuguese (Portugal): grave
Romanian: important
Russian: серьёзный
Slovak: vážny
Slovenian: pomemben
Spanish: grave, serio
Swedish: viktig, betydelsefull
Turkish: önemli, ciddî
grave2 [greiv] adjective
serious, dangerous
Example: grave news
Arabic: خَطير
Chinese (Simplified): 危急的
Chinese (Traditional): 危急的
Czech: závažný
Danish: alvorlig
Estonian: ähvardav
Finnish: huolestuttava
French: grave
German: ernst
Greek: σοβαρός, ανησυχητικός
Hungarian: komoly
Icelandic: alvarlegur, hættulegur
Indonesian: serius
Japanese: 重大な
Korean: 심상치 않은
Latvian: nospiedošs; draudīgs
Lithuanian: rimtas, keliantis nerimą
Norwegian: alvorlig
Polish: niepokojący
Portuguese (Brazil): grave
Portuguese (Portugal): grave
Romanian: grav
Russian: тревожный
Slovak: závažný
Slovenian: resen
Spanish: grave, serio
Swedish: allvarlig, grav
Turkish: ciddî, endişelendirici
grave3 [greiv] adjective
serious, sad
Example: a grave expression
Arabic: جَدّي، وَقور
Chinese (Simplified): 阴沉的
Chinese (Traditional): 陰沉的
Czech: vážný
Danish: alvorlig; dyster
Estonian: tõsine
French: sérieux
German: ernst
Greek: σοβαρός, θλιμμένος
Hungarian: súlyos
Icelandic: alvarlegur, dapurlegur
Indonesian: sedih
Japanese: 深刻な
Korean: 엄숙한
Latvian: bēdīgs; drūms
Lithuanian: rimtas, liūdnas
Norwegian: alvorlig, sørgelig
Polish: poważny, ponury
Portuguese (Brazil): grave
Portuguese (Portugal): grave
Romanian: serios
Russian: серьёзный
Slovak: vážny
Slovenian: resen
Spanish: grave
Swedish: allvarlig, dyster
Turkish: ciddî
See also: gravedigger, gravestone, graveyard, gravity

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A*cute"\, a. [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. Ague, Cute, Edge.]

1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.

5. (Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.

Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle.

Syn: Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp-witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See Subtile.
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Grave

Deg`ra*va"tion\, n. [L. degravare, degravatum, to make heavy. See Grave, a.] The act of making heavy. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Grave

Gra*va"men\, n.; pl. L. Gravamina , E. {Gravamens. [L., fr. gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See Grave, a.] (Law) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.
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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.
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Grave\, a. [Compar. Graver (gr[=a]v"[~e]r); superl. Gravest.] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.]

1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]

His shield grave and great. --Chapman.

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

Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. --Shak.

A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. --Milton.

3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

4. (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. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). (b) Slow and solemn in movement.

Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

Syn: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important.

Usage: Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.
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