grave: Meaning and Definition of

grave

1. an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
2. any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave.
3. any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.
4. death: O grave, where is thy victory?
5. to be so frail, sick, or old that death appears imminent: It was a shock to see my uncle looking as if he had one foot in the grave.
6. to do something to which a specified dead person would have objected bitterly:Hamlet is enough to make Shakespeare turn in his grave. This production of

grave

1. serious or solemn; sober: a grave person; grave thoughts.
2. weighty, momentous, or important: grave responsibilities.
3. threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; critical: a grave situation; a grave illness.
1. unaccented.
2. spoken on a low or falling pitch.
3. noting or having a particular accent (`) indicating originally a comparatively low pitch (as in French père), distinct syllabic value (as in English belovèd), etc. (opposed to acute).
5. (of colors) dull; somber.

1. the grave accent.

grave

1. to carve, sculpt, or engrave.
2. to impress deeply: graven on the mind.

grave

1. to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).

gra•ve

1. slow; solemn.

1. slowly; solemnly.