grave
noun
- 1
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
- 2
Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
- 3
(by extension) Death, destruction.
verb
- 1
To dig.
- 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.
“to grave an image”
- 4
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- 5
To entomb; to bury.
- 6
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
noun
- 1
A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
adjective
- 1
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
- 2
Low in pitch, tone etc.
- 3
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
- 4
Influential, important; authoritative.
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Antonyms
noun
- 1
A count, prefect, or person holding office.
verb
- 1
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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