HyperDic: grave

English > 8 senses of the word *grave*:
NOUN	time	grave	death of a person
	artifact	grave, tomb	a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
	communication	grave, grave accent	a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
ADJECTIVE	all	grave, sedate, sober, solemn	dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
	all	grave, dangerous, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening	causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
	all	grave, grievous, heavy, weighty	of great gravity or crucial import
VERB	contact	grave, sculpt, sculpture	shape (a material like stone / stone or wood) by whittling away at it
VERB	contact	grave, scratch, engrave, inscribe	carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

grave > pronunciation
Sounds	grey'v
Rhymes	airwave ... wave / Wave: 29 rhymes with eyv...

English > *grave*: 8 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.
Example	"a grave God-fearing man"
Synonyms	sedate, sober, solemn
Broader	serious	concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Spanish	formal, grave, solemne
Catalan	formal, greu, solemne
Nouns	graveness, gravity	a manner that is serious and solemn
Adverbs	gravely	in a grave and sober manner

English > *grave*: 8 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
Examples	"a grave situation" "a grave illness"
Synonyms	dangerous, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
Broader	critical	In or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Spanish	grave, peligroso, serio, severo, terrible, tremendo
Catalan	greu, perillós, seriós, sever
Adverbs	gravely	to a severe or serious degree

English > *grave*: 8 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.
Examples	"grave responsibilities" "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"
Synonyms	grievous, heavy, weighty
Broader	important, of import	Of great significance / significance or value
Nouns	graveness, gravity	a manner that is serious and solemn

English > *grave*: 8 senses > noun 1, time
Meaning	death of a person.
Examples	"he went to his grave without forgiving me" "from cradle to grave"
Broader	death, dying, demise	The time when something ends
Spanish	sepulcro, sepultura
Catalan	sepulcre, sepultura

English > *grave*: 8 senses > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
Example	"he put flowers on his mother's grave"
Synonym	tomb
Parts	gravestone, headstone, tombstone	A stone that is used to mark a grave
Narrower	burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture	A chamber that is used as a grave
Narrower	mastaba, mastabah	An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
Broader	topographic point, place, spot	A point located with respect to surface features of some region
Spanish	sepulcro, sepultura, tumba, yacija
Catalan	nínxol, sepulcre, sepultura, tomba

English > *grave*: 8 senses > noun 3, communication
Meaning	A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.
Synonym	grave accent
Broader	accent, accent mark	A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Spanish	acento abierto, acento grave, grave
Catalan	accent greu, accent obert

English > *grave*: 8 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	shape (a material like stone / stone or wood) by whittling away at it.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Synonyms	sculpt, sculpture
Broader	carve	form by carving
Similar to	sculpt, sculpture	create by shaping stone / stone or wood or any other hard material
Spanish	esculpir, grabar
Catalan	esculpir, gravar

English > *grave*: 8 senses > verb 2, contact
Meaning	carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"engrave a pen" "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"
Synonyms	scratch, engrave, inscribe
Narrower	character	engrave or inscribe characters on
Broader	carve, chip at	engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
Similar to	engrave, etch	carve or cut a design or letters into
Spanish	grabar, inscribir
Catalan	gravar, inscriure

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