English adjective: grave | |||
1. | grave dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | sedate, sober, solemn | ||
Similar | serious | ||
Antonyms | frivolous | ||
2. | grave causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | dangerous, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe | ||
Similar | critical | ||
Antonyms | noncritical, noncrucial | ||
3. | grave of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | grievous, heavy, weighty | ||
Similar | important, of import | ||
Antonyms | unimportant | ||
English noun: grave | |||
1. | grave (time) death of a person | ||
Samples | He went to his grave without forgiving me. From cradle to grave. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | death, demise, dying | ||
2. | grave (artifact) a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | ||
Samples | He put flowers on his mother's grave. | ||
Synonyms | tomb | ||
Broader (hypernym) | place, spot, topographic point | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burial chamber, mastaba, mastabah, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | ||
Part holonym | gravestone, headstone, tombstone | ||
3. | grave (communication) a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | ||
Synonyms | grave accent | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accent, accent mark | ||
English verb: grave | |||
1. | grave (contact) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | ||
Samples | She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband. | ||
Synonyms | sculpt, sculpture | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | carve | ||
Verb group | sculpt, sculpture | ||
2. | grave (contact) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | ||
Samples | Engrave a pen. Engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's. The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree. | ||
Synonyms | engrave, inscribe, scratch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | carve, chip at | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | character | ||
Verb group | engrave, etch | ||