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ADJECTIVE | 1 | grave, sedate, sober, solemn | Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises |
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2 | grave, dangerous, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | |
3 | grave, grievous, heavy, weighty | Of great gravity or crucial import | |
NOUN | 1 | grave | Death of a person |
2 | grave, tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | |
3 | grave, grave accent | A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | |
VERB | 1 | grave, sculpt, sculpture | Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it |
2 | grave, engrave, inscribe | Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface |
Sounds | grey'v |
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Rhymes | airwave, architrave, autoclave, and 26 more rhymes in eyv at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises. |
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Examples | "a grave God-fearing man" |
Synonyms | sedate, sober, solemn |
Similar to | serious |
Adverbs | gravely |
Meaning | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. |
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Examples | "a grave situation"; "a grave illness" |
Synonyms | dangerous, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening |
Similar to | critical |
Adverbs | gravely |
Meaning | Of great gravity or crucial import. Requiring serious thought. |
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Examples | "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis" |
Synonyms | grievous, heavy, weighty |
Similar to | important, of import |
Meaning | Death of a person. |
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Examples | "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" |
Broader | death, dying, demise |
Meaning | A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone). |
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Examples | "he put flowers on his mother's grave" |
Synonyms | tomb |
Parts | gravestone, headstone, tombstone |
Narrower | burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture; mastaba, mastabah |
Broader | topographic point, place, spot |
Meaning | A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
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Synonyms | grave accent |
Broader | accent, accent mark |
Meaning | Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | sculpt, sculpture |
Broader | carve |
Similar to | sculpt, sculpture |
Meaning | Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup" |
Synonyms | engrave, inscribe |
Narrower | character |
Broader | carve, chip at |
Similar to | engrave |