| Noun | 1. | grave - death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"demise, dying, death - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" | |
| 2. | grave - 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"mastaba, mastabah - an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" | |
| 3. | grave - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciationaccent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | |
| Verb | 1. | grave - 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 - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" | |
| 2. | grave - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" engrave - carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" character - engrave or inscribe characters on | |
| Adj. | 1. | grave - 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"serious - concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" | |
| 2. | grave - 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"critical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" | |
| 3. | grave - 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"important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" | |