Feedback
Grave
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Meaning
Noun
●
An
excavation
in the
earth
as a place of burial
●
Any place of
interment
; a
tomb
; a sepulcher.
●
In Burial:
Death, destruction.
●
Deceased people; the dead.
●
A
written
accent
used in French, Italian, and other
languages
.
è
is an
e
with a
grave accent
(`).
●
A
count
,
prefect
, or person
holding
office.
Verb
●
To dig.
●
In Diacritical marks:
To
carve
or
cut
, as
letters
or
figures
, on some
hard
substance
; to engrave.
●
To
carve out
or give
shape
to, by
cutting
with a
chisel
; to sculpture.
●
To
impress
deeply
(on the
mind
); to
fix
indelibly.
●
To
entomb
; to bury.
●
To
write
or
delineate
on
hard
substances
,
by means of
incised
lines
; to
practice
engraving.
●
In Nautical:
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.
Adj
●
Characterised by a
dignified
sense
of
seriousness
; not cheerful.
●
Low in
pitch
,
tone
etc.
●
Serious, in a
negative sense
; important, formidable.
●
In Phonology:
Dull,
produced
in the
middle
or back of the
mouth
. (See Grave and
acute
on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
●
Influential, important; authoritative.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
grave
English
grave
French
gravis
Latin
grave
Middle English (1100-1500)
graven
Middle English (1100-1500)
grafan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Sober
Solemn
Sombre
Sedate
Serious
Staid
Momentous
Important
Sage
Demure
Thoughtful
Weighty
Weightsome
Sweer
Tomb
Antonyms
Acute
Related
Mausoleum
Corpse
Tombstone
Headstone
Cemetery
Coffin
Shrine
Casket
Burial
Funeral
Crypt
Temple
Death
Memorial
Ashes
Severe
Soul
Monument
Skull
Dire
Grievous
Tragic
Dangerous
Devastating
Catastrophic
Deadly
Unfortunate
Profound
Stone
Sarcophagus
Cradle
Solemn
Heinous
Horrific
Gruesome
Tombs
Cemetary
Egregious
Pit
Statue
Disastrous
Garden
Ruins
Hell
Tree
Dead
Dramatic
Horrendous
Appalling
Palace
Place
Shocking
Village
Monster
Altar
More
Rhymes
Nave
Rave
Lave
Cave
Fave
Gave
Save
Pave
Cave
Wave
Shave
Suave
Slave
Stave
Trave
Knave
Crave
Awave
Waive
Brave
Grave
Maeve
Behave
Glaive
Enclave
Forgave
Engrave
Deprave
Enslave
They'Ve
Misbehave
More
Join 10 million students and professionals writing 70% faster at QuillBot.com
Start writing better