graving


grave 1

G0238800 (grāv)n.1. a. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.b. A place of burial.2. Death or extinction: faced the grave with calm resignation.
[Middle English, from Old English græf; see ghrebh- in Indo-European roots.]

grave 2

G0238800 (grāv)adj. grav·er, grav·est 1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.4. Somber or dark in hue.5. (also gräv) Linguistics a. Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.b. Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.n. (also gräv) See grave accent.
[French, from Old French, from Latin gravis; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
grave′ly adv.grave′ness n.

grave 3

G0238800 (grāv)tr.v. graved, grav·en (grā′vən) or graved, grav·ing, graves 1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.2. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.
[Middle English graven, from Old English grafan; see ghrebh- in Indo-European roots.]

grave 4

G0238800 (grāv)tr.v. graved, grav·ing, graves To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.
[Middle English graven.]

gra·ve 5

G0239200 (grä′vā)adv. & adj. Music In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.
[Italian, from Latin gravis, heavy; see grave2.]