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US
/ˈɡɹeɪv/
]
VERB
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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 -
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name
engrave a pen
NOUN
- a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
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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 -
death of a person
he went to his grave without forgiving me
from cradle to grave
ADJECTIVE
-
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
a grievous fault
heavy matters of state
the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
grave responsibilities -
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
a grave God-fearing man
as sober as a judge
a solemn promise
a quiet sedate nature -
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
a severe case of pneumonia
a serious turn of events
grievous bodily harm
a life-threatening disease
a dangerous operation
a grave illness
a grave situation
a serious wound
How To Use grave In A Sentence
- Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
- As the firm's engraver, he requires an artistic eye and a considerable amount of strength.
- The flowers in bloom upon the graves at the Cemetery were shot away.
- At around 11 am that day a pensioner foiled another attempted scam by a man and woman in Central Avenue, Gravesend.
- If an infant's condition is not as grave as was thought, he will live, and he can then be given optimal care if he has any handicaps.
- Redgrave has made herself over completely for her movie role.
- The graves were of different sizes and some were covered with flagstones, some of the urns were sent to Dublin for further examination.
- Somebody comes forward, examines, and then draws from out the grave, where it has lain, directly under the body, a knife -- a knife of peculiar shape and workmanship -- a long, keen, _surgeon's knife_! The Diamond Coterie
- Carefully she clipped the grass the grave and arranged the pinky - white, small chrysanthemums the tin cross.
- Survivors were forced to bury the dead in mass graves. Times, Sunday Times