grave
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.Examples: "He had lain in the grave four days."; "Let mee not be ashamed, O Lord, for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the graue."; "They reached the cemetery. The men went right down to a place in the grass where a grave was dug. They ranged themselves all round; and while the priest spoke, the red soil thrown up at the sides kept noiselessly slipping down at the corners."Synonyms: plot#Noun, lot#Nouncountableuncountable
2. (loosely) Any place of interment.broadlycountableuncountable
3. (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.countableuncountable
4. (uncountable, by extension) Death, destruction.Examples: "[…]Meeting is pleasure, parting is a grief; / An inconstant lover is worse than a thief; / A thief can but rob you, and take all you have, / An inconstant lover will bring you to the grave![…]"; "[…]balanced on the biggest wave you race towards an early grave."broadlyuncountable
5. (by extension, uncountable) Deceased people; the dead.Examples: ""Hold your jaw, woman! I've had enough to vex me to-day without you startin' your tantrums. You're jealous of the grave. That's wot's the matter with you." "And her brats can insult me as they like - me that 'as cared for you these five years.""broadlyuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete) To dig.Examples: "He hath graven and digged up a pit."obsoletetransitive
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.Examples: "Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel."; "Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks."; "a. 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, "Requiem" This be the verse you grave for me / "Here he lies where he longs to be""intransitiveobsolete
3. (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.Examples: "to grave an image"obsoletetransitive
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.Examples: "O! may they graven in thy heart remain."intransitiveobsolete
5. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.Examples: "[…]And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground."obsoletetransitive
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.intransitiveobsolete
adj (English)
1. (phonology, dated, of a sound) Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)dated
2. (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.Examples: "An illiterate fool sits in a mans seat; and the common people hold him learned, grave, and wise."Synonyms: magisterial, masterful, oracular, sterlingobsolete
noun (English)
1. (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.historical
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves were formerly used for this purpose.obsoletetransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A kilogram.Examples: "At the origin of the metric system the new unit of weight was called the grave, and was equivalent to the kilogram. The denomination grave would in some respects have been preferable to kilogram."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary