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List of meaning for grave

serious; critical

grave(noun)

death of a person

"he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

grave, tomb(noun)

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

"he put flowers on his mother's grave"

grave accent, grave(adj)

a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

grave, sedate, sober, solemn(adj)

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

"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"

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening(adj)

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

"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"

grave, grievous, heavy, weighty(verb)

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

"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"

sculpt, sculpture, grave(verb)

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

"She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe(verb)

carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

"engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

having a matter of importance as its topic

leaving gossip and celebrities to other magazines, this journal focuses on the grave issues confronting the nation

involving potential loss or injury

going over Niagara Falls poses a grave danger

not joking or playful in mood or manner

when I asked him how his dog was doing, he looked grave and said, "Not good"

having a low musical pitch or range

a grave hexachord

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface

the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

a final resting place for a dead person

the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash

the state of being dead

a terrible fear of the grave

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