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adjectiveof great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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nouna mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
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adjectivedignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
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verbcarve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
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verbshape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at ittype of:
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nouna place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
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adjectivecausing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
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noundeath of a person
Examples of grave
- "grave responsibilities"
- "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"
- "a grave God-fearing man"
- "engrave a pen"
- "engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name"
- "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
- "a grave situation"
- "a grave illness"
- "he went to his grave without forgiving me"
- "from cradle to grave"