Grave
Definition of Grave
Pronunciation: grāvd | v. t. | 1. | (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. | | a. | 1. | Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. | | 2. | Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; - said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. | | 3. | Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face. | | 4. | (Mus.) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; - said of sound; as, a grave note or key. | | 5. | Slow and solemn in movement.| Grave accent | | (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2. |
| | v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer. | | 2. | To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. | | 3. | To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image. | | 4. | To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. | | 5. | To entomb; to bury. | | v. i. | 1. | To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving. | | n. | 1. | An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction. |
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