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noun ɡreɪvɡreɪv 1A hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound. the coffin was lowered into the grave Example sentencesExamples - If you ever visit Canada take a day to visit the graves of our beloved ancestors.
- Burial is in local cemeteries, and family graves are well tended.
- Beads have been excavated in large numbers from early period female Viking graves.
- I found my mother's grave had been knocked over and saw others had been vandalised too.
- Mass graves were dug on the outskirts of the city for thousands of the bodies.
- I have seen the graves of the Indian soldiers in the military cemeteries of France.
- There was a telephone number to ring if one had graves in the churchyard.
- The unadorned stones had marked the graves of unidentified Confederate soldiers.
- The unmarked mass graves have been watched and revered by them for decades.
- Marking graves with stones was one of the characteristics that continued through centuries and religions.
- Visiting a war grave is something everyone should endeavour to do at one point in life.
- Most of the missing are believed to be buried in mass graves, and several mass grave sites have already been found and exhumed.
- They would put cash gifts towards updating the stone at the grave where Evelyn was buried with her husband and daughter.
- He died apparently in poverty and was buried in a pauper's grave.
- The body was buried in an unmarked grave in the town cemetery.
- Sasha looked down at her sister's fresh grave.
- Family members gather and visit the graves of their ancestors to burn offerings of paper money and incense.
- The relatives of all those buried in the graveyards had decorated their graves for the occasion.
- Tommy was laid to rest in the family grave in the adjoining cemetery.
- With the other executed rebels, his body was put into a mass grave with no coffin.
Synonyms burying place, tomb, sepulchre, vault, burial chamber, burial pit, mausoleum, crypt, catacomb last home, last resting place historical tumulus, barrow rare undercroft - 1.1often the grave Used as an allusive term for death.
Example sentencesExamples - But the woman whose picture on the cover of a newspaper could boost circulation by 20,000 copies can still work magic from beyond the grave.
- People are unable to face death, they say, only belief in life beyond the grave will console them.
- There's something compelling, even mythic, about a boy reaching out from beyond the grave to save the children of his family's sworn enemy.
- Anguished voices have a way of echoing beyond the grave.
- Death will no longer be the last word: two Dublin businessmen are planning to allow people to communicate from beyond the grave, not through mediums but by e-mail.
- Their victims now speak from beyond the grave to judge them.
- The site also includes a fascinating discussion of Harry Houdini's pact with his wife Bess to attempt to communicate from beyond the grave.
- But the messages are hideously banal, more likely to comment on the new kitchen cabinets than impart any profound wisdom from beyond the grave.
- They say they can talk to the dead, prove there is life after death and deliver messages to the grieving from beyond the grave.
- Was there any truth in the stories we had been told, did the Souls really come back from beyond the grave on that evening?
- She's even said she attributes her survival in a recent air crash (her plane plowed into a snowbank) to her mother's protective influence from beyond the grave.
- He had no hope beyond the grave; he mocked at death; he was in his seventy-seventh year.
- Meanwhile, mom's heart may not be beating, but she's still with them, naggingly offering irritating guilt trips from beyond the grave.
- Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them.
- They have made a covenant with Death and the grave.
- The plot is a typical fireside ghost story - murder, infidelity and a message from beyond the grave - and the thrills are familiar.
- Even the author's most sympathetic reviewers have expressed the opinion that this sexual encounter from beyond the grave is an unsuccessful instance of overreaching.
- Somehow, you feel that even now, 17 years later, he's still exerting his influence from beyond the grave…
- All the secular knowledge in the world will not give a man joy and gladness, when he thinks on sickness, and death, and the grave.
- It is often at the graveside that people's ears and hearts strain to hear a word that carries beyond death and the grave.
- 1.2 A place where a broken or discarded object lies.
they lifted the aircraft from its watery grave Example sentencesExamples - Apparently not; the painstakingly hand-tended wooden form of my Jordan 193 now lies in a watery grave in the river at a former factory site.
- Good luck - every year, 130,000 balls find a watery grave there.
- Even a minute crack on the submarine's surface can lead to a watery grave.
- In the Seetalsee across the border in Austria a further £500m in ingots is said to repose in a watery grave.
- We are saving it from this rather watery grave and lifting it bodily, flying it down river on a floating crane, and putting it on to a pontoon, which will become a restoration platform.
Phrases Do something foolish which causes one's downfall. you're digging your own grave by walking away right now Example sentencesExamples - Trying to sue the rightful winner now and not backing down is just digging her own grave.
- It is a classic example of one digging one's own grave - to put it in simple language that a common man can understand.
- Like the smoker, you dug your own grave - deal with it.
- In piling still more words on the problem, hasn't he dug his own grave?
- Seth has no idea about arguing effectively, and therefore, he dug his own grave.
- At the moment, she had thought it was the best thing that had ever happened to her but now she realized that at that instant she had dug her own grave.
- If I were an optimist, I would suspect that the Democrats are digging their own grave.
- ‘You're digging your own grave, brother,’ he warned.
- Instead he denounced them and tried to placate the army, thus digging his own grave.
- You're digging your own grave by walking away right now.
(as) silent (or quiet) as the grave the huge room was as silent as the grave Example sentencesExamples - It is quiet as the grave and there is seating for only 20.
- I sat in the far corner of the classroom, hidden away by the shadows as silent as the grave.
- And apart from a soft snapping and tink of hot metal, the room was as silent as the grave.
- All was quiet as death, silent as the grave, save for the faint murmur of my own breathing.
- ‘It sure is silent as the grave around here,’ Christian whispered as Eva drew open the wooden gate.
- We knew who they were of course, and they were aware of our arrival but they passed on towards the Pontoon and Massbrook silent as the grave.
- We were as silent as the grave, but I knew, almost instinctively, that all eyes were upon us from the shadows.
- The place was as clean as an operating theatre, and as quiet as the grave.
- The theater was silent as the grave and pitch black.
- Three vans race to the scene but when we arrive it's as quiet as the grave.
take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave Die without revealing a secret. if there ever was a body, he took the secret to the grave Example sentencesExamples - But Margaret took her secret to the grave, dying in 1993 after a series of strokes.
- They had to die to take the secret to the grave with them.
- Only you and I know about it, and I'll take the secret to the grave.
- The barber told me the secret of Man-Mur, and I swore that I would take the secret to the grave, so I cannot reveal it to you, dear readers.
turn (or roll over or turn over) in one's grave Used to express the opinion that something would have caused anger or distress in someone who is now dead. if my father saw the weeds he would turn in his grave Example sentencesExamples - She'd be turning in her grave if she saw what I did with it.
- Old Bob the newsagent would be turning in his grave.
- Lord Armstrong must have been turning in his grave.
- It is enough to have old school amateurs turning in their grave.
- That churning sound you hear is Henry James turning in his grave.
- ‘Shakespeare would definitely be insulted and Chaplin would definitely be turning in his grave,’ he says.
- No doubt the real Homer would be turning in his grave, that is if he ever really existed.
- That is of course, until you reach the end of the year and realize that your English grade is so low it would make Shakespeare turn in his grave.
- The old lady who lived there before would turn in her grave if she knew what went on in her old home.
- If my mother thought it cost the Government £1million following her accident she would be turning in her grave at the trouble she caused.
Origin Old English græf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch graf and German Grab. Rhymes Algarve, calve, carve, Graves, halve, Slav, starve, suave, Zouave behave, brave, Cave, clave, concave, crave, Dave, deprave, engrave, enslave, fave, forgave, gave, knave, lave, Maeve, misbehave, misgave, nave, outbrave, pave, rave, save, shave, shortwave, slave, stave, they've, waive, wave adjective ɡreɪvɡreɪv 1Giving cause for alarm; serious. a matter of grave concern Example sentencesExamples - As we have seen, those structures can distance and muffle even the pleas of parents who are concerned about grave danger to their children.
- Health unions have expressed grave concerns about present workers being held on inadequate pay.
- Furthermore, the conviction of a registered medical practitioner for offences of violence is a matter of grave concern.
- Opposition politicians and veterans campaigners voiced grave concerns about the British vaccination programme.
- Privately a number of union leaders have expressed grave doubts about that operation.
- Our denial and our politicians' stupidity have put us all in grave danger.
- There are, however, grave dangers here as well.
- My point is that our civilization stands in peril of the same grave danger.
- Referring to the situation in the state the statement expressed grave concern over the continuing violence by the insurgents.
- He expressed grave concern at the prospect of illegal dumping taking place due to the increased charges and urged the waste collectors involved to reduce their proposed charges.
- But his findings and suggestions were challenged by a number of councillors who stated that there was grave concern amongst the public over the proposal.
- The growing drug abuse among street children in the city gives grave cause for concern, as almost all the children use one or other type of addictive substances, he points out.
- There is a grave danger that critical patient care like cancer treatment will lose out as money is diverted to meet this commitment.
- Besides the shooting, a series of accidents and other incidents in the armed forces have raised grave concern among the people over the suspected slackening of discipline.
- But if the practice is in fact going on, a child may be in grave danger and yet will remain unprotected because of the difficulty of satisfying this test.
- The people standing in the gaps between the carriages are also in grave danger.
- There are grave dangers in extending such subsidies, as the absurdity at present under discussion of providing hourly salary levels for visual artists suggests.
- The situation there is especially grave because of the endangered status of the tigers.
- The events are designed to bring together members of the two communities in public, but meeting face-to-face in secret is out of the question without putting personal safety in grave danger.
- But everybody knows the situation is very grave and that not enough aid is arriving.
Synonyms serious, important, all-important, profound, significant, momentous, weighty, of great consequence vital, crucial, critical, acute urgent, pressing, exigent pivotal, precarious, touch-and-go, life-and-death, in the balance dire, terrible, awful, dreadful, alarming, drastic, sore perilous, hazardous, dangerous, threatening, menacing, risky informal dicey, hairy, iffy, chancy British informal dodgy rare egregious 2Serious or solemn in manner or appearance. Example sentencesExamples - The grave looks on her parents' faces sobered her.
- ‘I was just trying to shake up this grave seriousness,’ he laughs.
- As one grave observation led to another, though, a disturbing disconnect emerged.
- In grave tones and with a sombre face, the receptionist said ‘You've been upgraded to a suite.’
- And their teacher: he's a tall, very urbane and rather natty man, with a grave manner.
- I follow and offer refreshment, which is once more declined, though this time the Italian's manner is not offhand, but solicitous and somewhat grave.
- Colin dismissed the grave thoughts of his family and parked the car in the driveway.
- His brown eyes held a grave seriousness to them.
- ‘You need to tell me more about yourself, mister,’ I said, feigning grave seriousness.
- He collapsed in a manner that, were it not for the grave circumstances, would have been called by many, hilarious.
- Riley turned solemn with a grave look in her eyes.
- Her screeching noises reduced to solemn and grave whines, and eventually to nothing.
- A grave look appeared on the twelve year old's face which she shook away.
- The grave expression it held seem to not fit the youthful appear of his posture.
- So they hem and haw and appear ever so grave and thoughtful.
- But the grave tone of his voice and the seriousness in those pitch black eyes told him this was no joke.
- Of course, that did not happen, even though the state subsequently acknowledged that a grave injustice had been done in that case.
- ‘You know,’ his grave voice broke into my thoughts, ‘You aren't very good at spying.’
- All wore grave expressions, and the children appeared close to tears.
- She started walking down the small hallway towards the kitchen and her parents looked at her in a grave manner.
Synonyms solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe unsmiling, long-faced, stone-faced, stony-faced, grim-faced, grim, gloomy preoccupied, thoughtful, dignified, staid, dour, aloof, forbidding
noun ɡreɪvɡreɪv another term for grave accent Example sentencesExamples - This produces the "e" with a grave.
- However the problem I am faced with that the string literal \\u00c0 is written to file rather than the character À (A with a grave) which is what the octal string relates to.
- Does a look-up table exist that matches whole range of such non-English letters with their nearest-looking English equivalents? I'm thinking o and u umlaut, c and s cedilla, o circumflex, Turkish g and undotted-i, Scandinavian o with a line through it, Spanish n, e with a grave and acute, accented a, the diphthongs.
Derivatives noun ˈɡreɪvnəsˈɡreɪvnəs ‘Now young man,’ he began anxiously and continued on in graveness, ‘if you release Dawn right now, then we promise we won't press charges. Example sentencesExamples - She couldn't understand his graveness about the whole thing.
- The attempt on his life is a very real indication of the graveness of his situation and his justifiable fears of returning to his country of origin.
- But the graveness of his tone was what set her aback.
- A National Statistical Office report testifies to the graveness of the situation.
Origin Late 15th century (originally of a wound in the sense 'severe, serious'): from Old French grave or Latin gravis 'heavy, serious'. verbgraved, graven ɡreɪvɡreɪv [with object]archaic 1Engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface. marble graved with exquisite flower, human and animal forms Example sentencesExamples - A leading European urologist in 1863 described the collection as ‘the most perfect and complete record literally graven in stone that the world possesses of calculous experience’.
- Graven in its surface is a lightening bolt, a cloud shedding rain, the crescent moon, the all seeing eye.
- In the middle of the lawn was a basin of whitest marble, graven with marvellous art.
- There is no reason to suppose that history is at an end, that the current structures of authority and domination are graven in stone.
- Thus the sea level record is documented graven in stone as well as in the FIMR database.
- 1.1literary Fix (something) indelibly in the mind.
the times are graven on my memory Example sentencesExamples - The hour of our first meeting is still graven on my memory. I met him unexpectedly.
- The communion of that hour will be graven on my memory while life shall last.
- Those final words of certainty are graven in my mind.
- The scene when Dink falls in love is graven on my memory forever.
- The fearful price we had had to pay in human life and blood for the great offensives of the First World War was graven in my mind.
Origin Old English grafan 'dig', of Germanic origin; related to German graben, Dutch graven 'dig' and German begraben 'bury', also to grave1 and groove. verbgraved, graven ɡreɪvɡreɪv [with object]historical Clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it. they graved the ship there and remained 26 days Example sentencesExamples - After a ship had entered one of the graving docks, the water would be pumped out, leaving a dry hull for barnacles to be "graved" or scraped off.
- After a period of time in Ternate, she left and sailed southward of the Celebes where they stopped at an island and graved the ship for 26 days.
- At the outbreak of the Second World War the port, with its large graving and floating docks, became a naval base and later an Admiralty dockyard.
- They are graved, i.e., a surface layer of oxidation has been scratched away.
- He asked to have his ship trimmed and graved, and was much grieved to hear that the prize had been bestowed elsewhere.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from French dialect grave, variant of Old French greve 'shore' (because originally the ship would have been run aground). adjective & adverb ɡrɑːˈveɪ Music (as a direction) slowly; with solemnity. Example sentencesExamples - Listen very carefully to the opening Grave movement from Sonata 2 in A Minor.
- Another Grave movement follows, a particularly doleful composition constructed from long, sighing melodic arches.
- Nevertheless, Corelli's own concerti grossi probably inspired the very original "Quis hic?" suite, though no one other than Muffat could imagine those expressive rests in the Grave movement.
- After a half dozen bars of a vigorous Vivace there comes a deeply felt Grave movement.
- The Sonata No. 2 in A minor begins solemnly with the Grave movement.
nounɡrāvɡreɪv 1A place of burial for a dead body, typically a hole dug in the ground and marked by a stone or mound. the coffin was lowered into the grave Example sentencesExamples - Mass graves were dug on the outskirts of the city for thousands of the bodies.
- Visiting a war grave is something everyone should endeavour to do at one point in life.
- With the other executed rebels, his body was put into a mass grave with no coffin.
- There was a telephone number to ring if one had graves in the churchyard.
- They would put cash gifts towards updating the stone at the grave where Evelyn was buried with her husband and daughter.
- I have seen the graves of the Indian soldiers in the military cemeteries of France.
- Tommy was laid to rest in the family grave in the adjoining cemetery.
- The relatives of all those buried in the graveyards had decorated their graves for the occasion.
- I found my mother's grave had been knocked over and saw others had been vandalised too.
- Sasha looked down at her sister's fresh grave.
- If you ever visit Canada take a day to visit the graves of our beloved ancestors.
- The unadorned stones had marked the graves of unidentified Confederate soldiers.
- Family members gather and visit the graves of their ancestors to burn offerings of paper money and incense.
- The unmarked mass graves have been watched and revered by them for decades.
- Beads have been excavated in large numbers from early period female Viking graves.
- The body was buried in an unmarked grave in the town cemetery.
- He died apparently in poverty and was buried in a pauper's grave.
- Most of the missing are believed to be buried in mass graves, and several mass grave sites have already been found and exhumed.
- Marking graves with stones was one of the characteristics that continued through centuries and religions.
- Burial is in local cemeteries, and family graves are well tended.
Synonyms burying place, tomb, sepulchre, vault, burial chamber, burial pit, mausoleum, crypt, catacomb - 1.1the grave Used as an allusive term for death.
Example sentencesExamples - People are unable to face death, they say, only belief in life beyond the grave will console them.
- Was there any truth in the stories we had been told, did the Souls really come back from beyond the grave on that evening?
- Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them.
- Meanwhile, mom's heart may not be beating, but she's still with them, naggingly offering irritating guilt trips from beyond the grave.
- Anguished voices have a way of echoing beyond the grave.
- Somehow, you feel that even now, 17 years later, he's still exerting his influence from beyond the grave…
- Even the author's most sympathetic reviewers have expressed the opinion that this sexual encounter from beyond the grave is an unsuccessful instance of overreaching.
- All the secular knowledge in the world will not give a man joy and gladness, when he thinks on sickness, and death, and the grave.
- The plot is a typical fireside ghost story - murder, infidelity and a message from beyond the grave - and the thrills are familiar.
- Death will no longer be the last word: two Dublin businessmen are planning to allow people to communicate from beyond the grave, not through mediums but by e-mail.
- They have made a covenant with Death and the grave.
- She's even said she attributes her survival in a recent air crash (her plane plowed into a snowbank) to her mother's protective influence from beyond the grave.
- He had no hope beyond the grave; he mocked at death; he was in his seventy-seventh year.
- There's something compelling, even mythic, about a boy reaching out from beyond the grave to save the children of his family's sworn enemy.
- Their victims now speak from beyond the grave to judge them.
- They say they can talk to the dead, prove there is life after death and deliver messages to the grieving from beyond the grave.
- The site also includes a fascinating discussion of Harry Houdini's pact with his wife Bess to attempt to communicate from beyond the grave.
- But the messages are hideously banal, more likely to comment on the new kitchen cabinets than impart any profound wisdom from beyond the grave.
- But the woman whose picture on the cover of a newspaper could boost circulation by 20,000 copies can still work magic from beyond the grave.
- It is often at the graveside that people's ears and hearts strain to hear a word that carries beyond death and the grave.
- 1.2 A place where a broken or discarded object lies.
they lifted the aircraft from its watery grave Example sentencesExamples - Good luck - every year, 130,000 balls find a watery grave there.
- We are saving it from this rather watery grave and lifting it bodily, flying it down river on a floating crane, and putting it on to a pontoon, which will become a restoration platform.
- In the Seetalsee across the border in Austria a further £500m in ingots is said to repose in a watery grave.
- Apparently not; the painstakingly hand-tended wooden form of my Jordan 193 now lies in a watery grave in the river at a former factory site.
- Even a minute crack on the submarine's surface can lead to a watery grave.
Phrases Do something foolish that causes one to fail or be ruined. Example sentencesExamples - In piling still more words on the problem, hasn't he dug his own grave?
- Like the smoker, you dug your own grave - deal with it.
- ‘You're digging your own grave, brother,’ he warned.
- At the moment, she had thought it was the best thing that had ever happened to her but now she realized that at that instant she had dug her own grave.
- Trying to sue the rightful winner now and not backing down is just digging her own grave.
- Seth has no idea about arguing effectively, and therefore, he dug his own grave.
- If I were an optimist, I would suspect that the Democrats are digging their own grave.
- Instead he denounced them and tried to placate the army, thus digging his own grave.
- It is a classic example of one digging one's own grave - to put it in simple language that a common man can understand.
- You're digging your own grave by walking away right now.
(as) silent (or quiet) as the grave Example sentencesExamples - ‘It sure is silent as the grave around here,’ Christian whispered as Eva drew open the wooden gate.
- We knew who they were of course, and they were aware of our arrival but they passed on towards the Pontoon and Massbrook silent as the grave.
- All was quiet as death, silent as the grave, save for the faint murmur of my own breathing.
- And apart from a soft snapping and tink of hot metal, the room was as silent as the grave.
- I sat in the far corner of the classroom, hidden away by the shadows as silent as the grave.
- We were as silent as the grave, but I knew, almost instinctively, that all eyes were upon us from the shadows.
- Three vans race to the scene but when we arrive it's as quiet as the grave.
- It is quiet as the grave and there is seating for only 20.
- The place was as clean as an operating theatre, and as quiet as the grave.
- The theater was silent as the grave and pitch black.
take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave Die without revealing a secret. Example sentencesExamples - Only you and I know about it, and I'll take the secret to the grave.
- But Margaret took her secret to the grave, dying in 1993 after a series of strokes.
- The barber told me the secret of Man-Mur, and I swore that I would take the secret to the grave, so I cannot reveal it to you, dear readers.
- They had to die to take the secret to the grave with them.
turn (or roll over or turn over) in one's grave Used to express the opinion that something would have caused anger or distress in someone who is now dead. Bach must be turning in his grave at the vulgarities of the twentieth century Example sentencesExamples - That is of course, until you reach the end of the year and realize that your English grade is so low it would make Shakespeare turn in his grave.
- It is enough to have old school amateurs turning in their grave.
- If my mother thought it cost the Government £1million following her accident she would be turning in her grave at the trouble she caused.
- Old Bob the newsagent would be turning in his grave.
- She'd be turning in her grave if she saw what I did with it.
- The old lady who lived there before would turn in her grave if she knew what went on in her old home.
- ‘Shakespeare would definitely be insulted and Chaplin would definitely be turning in his grave,’ he says.
- No doubt the real Homer would be turning in his grave, that is if he ever really existed.
- Lord Armstrong must have been turning in his grave.
- That churning sound you hear is Henry James turning in his grave.
Origin Old English græf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch graf and German Grab. adjectiveɡreɪvɡrāv 1Giving cause for alarm; serious. a matter of grave concern Example sentencesExamples - But if the practice is in fact going on, a child may be in grave danger and yet will remain unprotected because of the difficulty of satisfying this test.
- The situation there is especially grave because of the endangered status of the tigers.
- There is a grave danger that critical patient care like cancer treatment will lose out as money is diverted to meet this commitment.
- The growing drug abuse among street children in the city gives grave cause for concern, as almost all the children use one or other type of addictive substances, he points out.
- Our denial and our politicians' stupidity have put us all in grave danger.
- As we have seen, those structures can distance and muffle even the pleas of parents who are concerned about grave danger to their children.
- He expressed grave concern at the prospect of illegal dumping taking place due to the increased charges and urged the waste collectors involved to reduce their proposed charges.
- Besides the shooting, a series of accidents and other incidents in the armed forces have raised grave concern among the people over the suspected slackening of discipline.
- My point is that our civilization stands in peril of the same grave danger.
- Furthermore, the conviction of a registered medical practitioner for offences of violence is a matter of grave concern.
- Health unions have expressed grave concerns about present workers being held on inadequate pay.
- Opposition politicians and veterans campaigners voiced grave concerns about the British vaccination programme.
- But everybody knows the situation is very grave and that not enough aid is arriving.
- There are grave dangers in extending such subsidies, as the absurdity at present under discussion of providing hourly salary levels for visual artists suggests.
- The events are designed to bring together members of the two communities in public, but meeting face-to-face in secret is out of the question without putting personal safety in grave danger.
- There are, however, grave dangers here as well.
- But his findings and suggestions were challenged by a number of councillors who stated that there was grave concern amongst the public over the proposal.
- The people standing in the gaps between the carriages are also in grave danger.
- Referring to the situation in the state the statement expressed grave concern over the continuing violence by the insurgents.
- Privately a number of union leaders have expressed grave doubts about that operation.
Synonyms serious, important, all-important, profound, significant, momentous, weighty, of great consequence - 1.1 Serious or solemn in manner or appearance; somber.
Example sentencesExamples - So they hem and haw and appear ever so grave and thoughtful.
- ‘I was just trying to shake up this grave seriousness,’ he laughs.
- She started walking down the small hallway towards the kitchen and her parents looked at her in a grave manner.
- The grave expression it held seem to not fit the youthful appear of his posture.
- But the grave tone of his voice and the seriousness in those pitch black eyes told him this was no joke.
- Riley turned solemn with a grave look in her eyes.
- Of course, that did not happen, even though the state subsequently acknowledged that a grave injustice had been done in that case.
- I follow and offer refreshment, which is once more declined, though this time the Italian's manner is not offhand, but solicitous and somewhat grave.
- ‘You know,’ his grave voice broke into my thoughts, ‘You aren't very good at spying.’
- As one grave observation led to another, though, a disturbing disconnect emerged.
- Colin dismissed the grave thoughts of his family and parked the car in the driveway.
- In grave tones and with a sombre face, the receptionist said ‘You've been upgraded to a suite.’
- And their teacher: he's a tall, very urbane and rather natty man, with a grave manner.
- He collapsed in a manner that, were it not for the grave circumstances, would have been called by many, hilarious.
- Her screeching noises reduced to solemn and grave whines, and eventually to nothing.
- His brown eyes held a grave seriousness to them.
- A grave look appeared on the twelve year old's face which she shook away.
- The grave looks on her parents' faces sobered her.
- All wore grave expressions, and the children appeared close to tears.
- ‘You need to tell me more about yourself, mister,’ I said, feigning grave seriousness.
Synonyms solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe
nounɡreɪvɡrāv another term for grave accent Example sentencesExamples - Does a look-up table exist that matches whole range of such non-English letters with their nearest-looking English equivalents? I'm thinking o and u umlaut, c and s cedilla, o circumflex, Turkish g and undotted-i, Scandinavian o with a line through it, Spanish n, e with a grave and acute, accented a, the diphthongs.
- This produces the "e" with a grave.
- However the problem I am faced with that the string literal \\u00c0 is written to file rather than the character À (A with a grave) which is what the octal string relates to.
Origin Late 15th century (originally of a wound in the sense ‘severe, serious’): from Old French grave or Latin gravis ‘heavy, serious’. verbɡreɪvɡrāv [with object]archaic 1Engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface. Example sentencesExamples - In the middle of the lawn was a basin of whitest marble, graven with marvellous art.
- There is no reason to suppose that history is at an end, that the current structures of authority and domination are graven in stone.
- Thus the sea level record is documented graven in stone as well as in the FIMR database.
- Graven in its surface is a lightening bolt, a cloud shedding rain, the crescent moon, the all seeing eye.
- A leading European urologist in 1863 described the collection as ‘the most perfect and complete record literally graven in stone that the world possesses of calculous experience’.
- 1.1literary Fix (something) indelibly in the mind.
the times are graven on my memory Example sentencesExamples - The fearful price we had had to pay in human life and blood for the great offensives of the First World War was graven in my mind.
- The communion of that hour will be graven on my memory while life shall last.
- Those final words of certainty are graven in my mind.
- The hour of our first meeting is still graven on my memory. I met him unexpectedly.
- The scene when Dink falls in love is graven on my memory forever.
Origin Old English grafan ‘dig’, of Germanic origin; related to German graben, Dutch graven ‘dig’ and German begraben ‘bury’, also to grave and groove. verbɡreɪvɡrāv [with object]historical Clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it. they graved the ship there and remained 26 days Example sentencesExamples - After a period of time in Ternate, she left and sailed southward of the Celebes where they stopped at an island and graved the ship for 26 days.
- They are graved, i.e., a surface layer of oxidation has been scratched away.
- After a ship had entered one of the graving docks, the water would be pumped out, leaving a dry hull for barnacles to be "graved" or scraped off.
- At the outbreak of the Second World War the port, with its large graving and floating docks, became a naval base and later an Admiralty dockyard.
- He asked to have his ship trimmed and graved, and was much grieved to hear that the prize had been bestowed elsewhere.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from French dialect grave, variant of Old French greve ‘shore’ (because originally the ship would have been run aground). adverb & adjectiveˈɡrɑveɪˈɡrävā Music (as a direction) slowly; with solemnity. Example sentencesExamples - Another Grave movement follows, a particularly doleful composition constructed from long, sighing melodic arches.
- Nevertheless, Corelli's own concerti grossi probably inspired the very original "Quis hic?" suite, though no one other than Muffat could imagine those expressive rests in the Grave movement.
- After a half dozen bars of a vigorous Vivace there comes a deeply felt Grave movement.
- The Sonata No. 2 in A minor begins solemnly with the Grave movement.
- Listen very carefully to the opening Grave movement from Sonata 2 in A Minor.
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