Nouns
1. (n.) grave;
- death of a person;
- “he went to his grave without forgiving me”; “from cradle to grave”;
2. (n.) grave, tomb;
- 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. (n.) grave, grave accent;
- a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;
Verbs
1. (verb) grave, sculpt, sculpture;
- 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”;
2. (verb) engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch;
- 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”;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) grave, sedate, sober, solemn;
- 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. (adj.) dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe;
- 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”;
3. (adj.) grave, grievous, heavy, weighty;
- 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”;