grave

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Adverb 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Verb 3 Esperanto 3.1 Adverb 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.3.1 Related terms 4.4 Verb form 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.2.2 Antonyms 5.2.3 Related terms 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Adjective 6.2.1 Related terms 6.2.2 See also 6.3 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: grāv, IPA: /ɡreɪv/, SAMPA: /greIv/
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• Rhymes: -eɪv

[edit] Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin gravis (“‘heavy’”).

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grave (comparative graver, superlative gravest)

1. (obsolete) Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

   His shield grave and great. —Chapman.

2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

   Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. —Shakespeare.

   A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. —Milton.

3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
4. (music) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

   The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone. —Moore (Encyc. of Music).

5. (music) Slow and solemn in movement.

{Grave accent}. (pronunciation) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

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{Grave}, {Sober}, {Serious}, {Solemn.} Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a grave remark; grave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.

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• solemn
• sober
• serious
• sage
• staid
• demure
• thoughtful
• sedate
• weighty
• momentous
• important

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grave (plural graves)

1. An accent used in French, Italian and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English grafan from Proto-Germanic *graban

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to grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past graved or grove, past participle graved or graven)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To dig. Chaucer.

   He hath graven and digged up a pit. —Ps. VII 16 (Book of Prayer).

2. (transitive) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

   Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. —Ex. XXVIII.,9.

   This be the verse you grave for me / “Here he lies where he longs to be” — Stevenson, Requiem

3. (transitive) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

   With gold men may the hearte grave. —Chaucer.

4. (transitive) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

   O! may they graven in thy heart remain. —Prior.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury. —Chaucer.

   Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. —Shakespeare.

6. (transitive, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
7. (intransitive) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

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Old English græf

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grave (plural graves)

1. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: death; destruction.

   He had lain in the grave four days. —John XI.,17.

Associated words: grave-robbing - the stealing of a corpse or body parts from a grave; grave-dancing - joy at another's demise or misfortune

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grave

1. (music) grave

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From Old Norse grafa.

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grave (imperative grav, infinitive at grave, present tense graver, past tense gravede, past participle har gravet)

1. dig

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grave

1. seriously, gravely

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Latin gravis

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grave (plural graves)

1. serious
2. solemn

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• gravement
• gravissime
• gravitation
• gravité

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grave

1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of graver
2. second-person singular imperative of graver
3. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of graver

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Latin gravis

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grave m and f (m and f plural gravi)

1. Grave, serious
2. heavy
3. solemn

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• importante
• pesante
• austero
• serio

[edit] Antonyms

• acuto

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• gravemente
• gravare
• gravezza
• gravità

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Latin gravis

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grave m. and f. (plural graves)

1. serious, grave
2. low (sound)
3. solemn
4. (grammar) stressed in the penultimate syllable

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• gravedad
• gravitar

[edit] See also

• (stressed syllable): aguda, esdrújula

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grave (infinitive: gravar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of gravar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of gravar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of gravar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of gravar.