English dictionary
grave
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
adjective
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
adjective
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
noun
- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
noun
- a mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
noun
- death of a person
verb
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
verb
- shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
Example sentences
a dangerous operation
a grave situation
a grave illness
grievous bodily harm
a serious wound
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
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
he put flowers on his mother's grave
he went to his grave without forgiving me
from cradle to grave
engrave a pen
engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name
the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband